Film Review (Ellie Parker)

Cast:

Naomi Watts - Ellie Parker

Jennifer Syme - Casting Chick

Greg Freitas - Rick Saul (as Gregory Frietas)

Gaye Pope - Leslie Towne

Blair Mastbaum - Smash Jackson

Jessica Vogl - Trixie

Ellie Parker is a 2005 American comedy film, written and directed by Scott Coffey. The title character, played by Naomi Watts, is a young woman struggling as an actress in Los Angeles.

Ellie Parker was a young girl who wanted to become an actress. She visited a lot of studios and was looking by different agencies. She had a boyfriend. With her friend Sam they visited acting classes. One day coming home she saw her boyfriend with another girl and they separated. Sometime later Ellie met another man who told her a lie that he was a cinematographer. After unsuccessful attempts to get a role in the movie, she made up her mind to stop it and began a new life.

As for the main actress Naomi Watts, her acting was bright, hopeful, and at the same time very aggressive. Her life seemed to be hovering on top of a tightrope where the only way was ahead even when the stakes got higher and her predicaments got worse at every turn. Her decision to leave the industry came not as a shock but as a predictability that was numbing because once a person's spirit had been broken. It was a sign that maybe this was not what they should be doing even though they may have the talent to do so.

It was rather difficult for me to watch this film. In spite of the fact that the plot was interesting, the director showed Ellie’s assays very detail and this fact made the film very boring. But in the whole, the film is worth watching.