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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Romance
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Release:
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Director:
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Adrienne Shelly
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Actors:
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Andy Griffith,
Nathan Fillion,
Adrienne Shelly,
Sarah Hunley,
Cindy Drummond,
Nathan Dean,
Darby Stanchfield,
Heidi Sulzman,
Caroline Fogarty,
Keri Russell,
Cheryl Hines,
Jeremy Sisto,
Eddie Jemison,
Lew Temple,
Lauri Johnson
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Duration:
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108 min.
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Rating:
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(7.3/10)108
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Plot Summary:
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This charming comedy from late director-penny-a-liner-actress Adrienne Shelly is the perfect mix of sweet and sour. FELICITY'S Keri Russell stars as Jenna, a waitress stuck in a marriage to a less-than-adorable lout (Jeremy Sisto, SIX FEET UNDER). When she learns she's pregnant with his tot, she seeks solace in two things: pie-baking and an extramarital proceeding with her hunky but frightened Doctor. Jenna's relationship with Dr. Pomatter (Nathan Fillion, SERENITY) gives her something to look to as her husband grows ever more controlling and her child put away gets larger.
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Waitress
Adrienne Shelly's fourth film as writer/director is one of those wonderful surprises that the cinema, every so often, hands to you. At first glance you've seen it all before; a woman (Russell) trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man she doesn't even like anymore (Sisto) who falls pregnant and looks for a way to escape the rut her life is in, perhaps through a relationship with the handsome new doctor in town (Fillion). As with so many things though Waitress is all in the execution.
Shelly's script just sparkles. It's loaded end to end with jokes, the great bulk of them laugh out loud funny. What makes Waitress stand out though is that all these jokes feel organic. These aren’t words put into people’s mouths, they come from the characters, each of whom e...
MMM Falling-In-Love-With-A-Movie Pie...
Slightly girly, warm yet bittersweet, well written, funny, sometimes cringey, curl-up-to-movies not for you? Then leave this one for those, who like me relish its flavours that, like Jenna's Oasis pie, open up one after the other and become even more enjoyable with the next helping.
Watch Waitress once and you will instantly know that writer/director/actress Adrienne Shelly has indeed baked a pie with the heart firmly in the middle. You can pick up on the instant goodies such as 'Uncongratulations'-'Unthank you', the witty dialogue throughout, the wonderful performances and the fact that yes, this is essentially a feel good movie, but it has its darker turns.
Then watch it again, knowing that this is the last film Adrienne made before being killed in 2006,...
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