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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