Park (2006)

36% of critics liked it
(11 reviews)
52% of users liked it
(635 ratings)

During their lunch break, twelve offbeat characters converge on a secluded public park in the hills above Los Angeles. April arrives first with the intention of killing herself, but every time she tries, she fails, which only frustrates her more. Meanwhile, in a nearby pet grooming mobile, Ian is… More During their lunch break, twelve offbeat characters converge on a secluded public park in the hills above Los Angeles. April arrives first with the intention of killing herself, but every time she tries, she fails, which only frustrates her more. Meanwhile, in a nearby pet grooming mobile, Ian is infatuated with his fellow groomer Krysta but is crushed to realize she is planning a kinky rendezvous with a smug attorney named Dennis. Next, Dennis's wife Peggy and her best friend Claire arrive to punish and humiliate Dennis, while in a nearby van, Nathan and Babar decide to prove to their female co-workers, Meredith and Sheryl, that they enjoy eating their lunches naked. Sex, love, suicide, betrayal, nudism, sushi and dog grooming--and you thought it was just a quiet little park.

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By: Kurt Voelker
Written By: Kurt Voelker
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

In Theaters: Jun 12, 2006 Wide
On DVD: May 20, 2008
Studio: Mello Pictures

Critic Reviews

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
There are plenty of laughs in the outrageous predicaments and the actors are obviously having a ball.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
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.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Suicide, infidelity, spousal abuse and arrested development are the building blocks of Park a wearisome comedy.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
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.
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
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.
Justin Chang, Variety
Enjoyably rude but uneven.
Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide
There's very little cohesion among the separate storylines and aside from some nice performances, it all seems rather pointless.
Rob Humanick, Slant Magazine
Man, have we gone downhill since Short Cuts.
Jay Antani, Boxoffice Magazine
If Park aspired to any real insights or to any ambition beyond the routine, its hysterics would be worth sitting through.
F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly
[Makes] the most of thrifty means to highly entertaining effect.
Michael Ferraro, Film Threat
It's a hilarious, crowd-pleasing film about everything from honesty to sex to freedom that's definitely smart without being too overbearing.

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Curtis L

The suicidal couple was interesting, but all the other characters were pretty stupid and I could have cared less if they all spontaneously combusted. Actually that would have been awesome.
Mark A

A little bit of fluff. A cliched look at relationships and self discovery played out during a long lunch hour at a secluded park overlooking Los Angeles. A lawyer and his paramour are discovered by his wife and her friend. A dog groomer discovers the raving beauty he works beside is… More
A little bit of fluff. A cliched look at relationships and self discovery played out during a long lunch hour at a secluded park overlooking Los Angeles. A lawyer and his paramour are discovered by his wife and her friend. A dog groomer discovers the raving beauty he works beside is not for him, but the troubled young woman who tries unsucessfully to commit suicide, just might be. And four twenty-somethings bare their souls and a little bit more to each other and deeply held secrets are revealed. Not exactly Oscar worthy, but mildly entertaining. A bit too predictable, a little hard to swallow, and maybe a little too tame. Still, I watched the whole thing, so there must have been something there. I just can't remember what.

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Park (2006)

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