Waitress (Widescreen Edition)
by Adrienne Shelly
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Actor: Adrienne Shelly, Andy Griffith, Jeremy Sisto, Keri Russell, Sarah HunleyDirector: Adrienne Shelly
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Matthew T. Irving
Composer: Andrew Hollander
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-27
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Waitress (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: MORE LIKE A TV MOVIE THAN AN INDEPENDANT FILM 2 1/2 STARS!
Summary: 3 Stars
Watching this film felt like d?j? vu, it reminded me of a superior film called 'The Prize Winner Of Defiance Ohio' released a couple of years ago. The film is easy enough to watch, but most of the characters are "cookie cutter" with no real depth to them. It's an OK watch though with good performances by Griffith and Russell.DVD Review: Like a perfect pie, mixing unusual ingredients has a delicious result
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember hearing good things about this 2007 film. I also remember hearing about the violent murder of its writer/director Adrienne Shelly in her Greenwich Village office shortly before the film was released. Knowing this, watching this film had a bittersweet sadness about it. The word "bittersweet" is a good word to describe the film as well. It's actually tagged a "comedy/drama/romance" and that it is, although the comedy part is not "laugh out loud" but the "chuckle" kind that lifts the drama above the plight which the heroine is experiencing. This independent film defies categorization and has won quite a few awards.
The heroine, Jenna, is played by Keri Russell. She's a young woman with a gentle disposition who works as in a small town southern diner as waitress and is married to a bully of a husband. She's unhappy in her marriage and becomes even more unhappy when she becomes pregnant. Her women friends at the diner sympathize with her and add a little humor to the situation. Dawn (played by the director/writer herself, Adrienne Shelly), is shy and unattractive until she meets a man who adores her and constantly writes bad poetry to honor her. Another fellow waitress, Becky, is married to an invalid husband and is driven to an affair with her sour faced boss. A theme of the film is that Jenna is an expert pie-maker and specializes in mixing unusual ingredients with a delicious result. This is also the theme of the film. And it works beautifully.
When Jenna goes to the doctor regarding her pregnancy, she discovers that her female gynecologist has retired and that a young attractive male doctor has taken her place. There's immediate chemistry between Jenna and the doctor and soon they are embraced in a hot romance of their own. He's married too and they are both confused about this but can't seem to stop. In the meantime Jenna is getting more and more pregnant and her husband comes across as more and more of a brute. The owner of the diner is played by Andy Griffin. He gives a fine performance as the elderly gentleman who eats breakfast at the diner each morning and gives very demanding orders to the waitresses. He soon befriends the unhappy Jenna and even finds out about her affair.
How this all plays out is a masterpiece of writing. None of it seems contrived the pacing of the film makes it flow. There wasn't one moment that I was bored, which is very unusual for me, especially in a "comedy".
Needless to say, there is a happy ending and I was smiling at the end of the film.
DVD Review: Loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I rented this back in the spring and absolutely fell in love with it. I watched it four times before I had to bring it back, but I'm about to order my own copy. Light, sweet, and funny. Adrienne Shelly did a wonderful job! DVD Review: It's not that I wouldn't recommend it, but
Summary: 3 Stars
every time I was enjoying the movie that idiot husband character reentered the picture and for crying out loud did he have to be the complete stereotype of the psycho husband? The doctor too was w/o much depth. If not for Andy Griffith's character, I would have assumed that the writer simply hated men. I'm only glad that I could watch this at home so that I could fast forward the husband's scenes and take an occasional break.
Keri Russell, though, can easily carry a movie and I enjoyed the pie metaphors of life. Unfortunately, the movie suffered from having male actors in the two main roles who are simply t.v. types (I'm guessing, I have no idea what their other roles have been). Too bad Andy Griffith could not have schooled them on the finer points of acting, but I'm guessing that he did his shots and left.
DVD Review: Baby don't you cry, I'm gonna make a pie.
Summary: 5 Stars
I always sing that song in the kitchen when I make pies for the family and friends. This is a really nice movie about a young waitress in a pie shop who gets pregnant by her abusive husband. She's reluctant to tell him that she's pregnant, but when she finally does, he demands that she promise that she will not love the baby more than she loves him. And even though she hates his guts, she makes that promise. But does she keep that promise? NO! How does she escape that marriage? Find out in this wonderful movie.
Description of Waitress (Widescreen Edition)
Don't miss writer/director Adrienne Shelly's sweet sassy comedy about the power of friendship motherhood and second chances starring the radiant Keri Russell who serves up "a hilarious and heartfelt performance" (Rolling Stone).System Requirements:Running Time: 100 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543460183 Manufacturer No: 2246018Much like the films of Hal Hartley, Waitress is funny in a deadpan sort of way, but a sadness lurks below the surface. After making a splash in Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth and Trust, Adrienne Shelly turned to directing with Sudden Manhattan and I'll Take You There. Set in a small Southern town, her third picture revolves around waitress Jenna (Felicity's radiant Keri Russell), who works at Joe's Pie Diner (Joe is played by Andy Griffith). Jenna is the pastry genius who makes Joe's joint shine. Her co-workers include the forthright Becky (Cheryl Hines, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and insecure Dawn (Shelly). All three have man trouble, but Jenna has it the worst. Her husband, Earl (Jeremy Sisto, Six Feet Under), treats her like a piece of property. When she finds out she's pregnant, Jenna fears she'll be stuck with him forever. Then, she develops a crush on her married obstetrician, Dr. Pomatter (Nathan Fillion, Serenity). With the aid of her fanciful confections, like peachy keen tarts, their flirtation develops into a full-blown affair. It appears to be a no-win situation, but Shelly finds an empowering way to bring this bittersweet story to a close. If the candy-colored conclusion plays more like fantasy than reality, it's a fantasy worth embracing. Sadly, Shelly was murdered before Waitress ever saw the light of day (leaving behind a husband and child of her own). Fortunately, her final film is far more life-affirming than morose, although it does end with the word "goodbye." --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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