Ellie Parker
Dream Entertainment | Release Date: November 11, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
9
Negative:
4
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60
Film ThreatBob Westal
A rare pleasure. Read full review
60
EmpirePatrick Peters
A splendid performance by Naomi Watts holds together this smart and astutely restrained lampoon of life in the Hollywood basement. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg
A splendid idea for a film goes largely wasted despite a brave performance by Naomi Watts as a struggling actress trying to figure it all out in Hollywood. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
A clumsy spoof of Hollywood, EP always roots for its hapless heroine. But where this trifle fascinates most is in its connections to David Lynch's masterpiece. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
For Ms. Watts, it is a small, brave acting tour de force. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleNeva Chonin
Can't sustain its narrative for a full 95 minutes. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Most of the gags misfire, though some scenes are memorably tawdry. Read full review
40
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Without Watts, Scott Coffey's feature-length expansion of his identically titled short wouldn't amount to much. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Watts is in nearly every frame of the movie, so if you're a fan (and you should be) that's the reason to see this. Read full review
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