There are plenty of laughs in the outrageous predicaments and the actors are obviously having a ball.
Comment
11/16/07
Park (2007)
36 %
Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 4 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 4.5/10
Runtime: 86 mins
Synopsis: William Baldwin, Ricki Lake, and Cheri Oteri lead a talented cast in PARK. A lunch hour provides more than just a break for the Los Angeles residents in this film festival favorite. In the space of an hour, 10 people's lives cross and change as they spend their lunch at a city park.... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: William Baldwin, Ricki Lake, Cheri Oteri, Melanie Lynskey, Izabella Miko
Director: Kurt Voelker
Screenwriter: Kurt Voelker
Producer: Dana M. Jackson
Composer: John Pratt, Michael Alemania
Screenwriter: Kurt Voelker
Producer: Dana M. Jackson
Composer: John Pratt, Michael Alemania
Reviews
1 - 11 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
There's very little cohesion among the separate storylines and aside from some nice performances, it all seems rather pointless.
11/16/07
None of the characters seems particularly believable, except Lake's; she brings some feeling to a thin role. And the campy, "outrageous" comedy is pretty thin, too.
11/16/07
Suicide, infidelity, spousal abuse and arrested development are the building blocks of Park a wearisome comedy.
11/16/07
Top Critic
It's all harmlessly naughty at the outset, but when it comes to juggling all those characters and their intersecting scenarios, Voelker lacks the dexterity of, say, Robert Altman.
11/09/07
Top Critic
If Park aspired to any real insights or to any ambition beyond the routine, its hysterics would be worth sitting through.
11/07/07
A flotilla of L.A. residents gathers in an unlandscaped recreation area in Baldwin Hills to canoodle, attempt suicide, plot revenge and dig into one another's psyches in writer-director Kurt Voelker's high-spirited if slight comedy, Park.
11/02/07
Top Critic
It's a hilarious, crowd-pleasing film about everything from honesty to sex to freedom that's definitely smart without being too overbearing.
06/24/06
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