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About the movie
Year
2005
Runtime
1 h 35 min
Genre
Comedy
Country
United States
Director
Writer
Plotline
A hilarious comic portrait of a young woman's struggle for integrity, happiness and a Hollywood acting career.
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Main cast
Naomi Watts
Ellie Parker
Jennifer Syme
Casting Chick
Greg Freitas
Rick Saul
Gaye Pope
Leslie Towne
Blair Mastbaum
Smash Jackson
Jessica Vogl
Trixie
Johanna Ray
Casting Director
Rebecca Rigg
Sam
Mark Pellegrino
Justin
Kim Fay
Therapist
Scott Coffey
Chris
Todd Coffey
Upstairs Neighbor
David Baer
Acting Teacher
Marcel Sarmiento
Acting Student
Robbi Chong
Acting Student
Whitfield Crane
Acting Student
External critics' reviews
Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
Watts is a champ for seeing this through now that she's actually famous. more
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Gianni Truzzi
Watts and Coffey may have vaulted Hollywood's gated enclaves, but this affectionate film shows they haven't forgotten, nor idealized, their days among the ranks of the struggling and ambitious. more
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
The sharpest, most authentic portrait of Hollywood life made in the last several years. (As a movie about contemporary Los Angeles, it's approximately 617 percent better than the monumentally bogus "Shopgirl.") more
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Ellie Parker is at once hilarious and harrowing, and in being so, seems right on target. more
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A good movie, fearless and true, observant and merciless. Naomi Watts was brave to make it and gifted to make it so well. more
L.A. Weekly Ella Taylor
Fun, scattershot Hollywood spoof. more
Entertainment Weekly Scott Brown
Coffey, a tart comic mind who should cast his net farther from the 405, pads his story with more and more familiar degradations, and Watts plays each one to the hilt. more
Chicago Tribune Jessica Reaves
Welcome to the world of Ellie Parker, a faux-documentary and big, fat raspberry dedicated to L.A.'s underclass. more
Boston Globe Ty Burr
Eventually the energy of the original short runs out and the movie coasts on fumes, but it remains surprisingly enjoyable for all that. more
Film Threat Bob Westal
A rare pleasure. more
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