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Waitress (2007) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Waitress (2007) a score of 3.0486 out of 4

based on (138) reviews

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Excellent

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Film Threat (Jeremy Mathews)

Full of off-kilter characters who don't talk like anyone in real life, but sound a truthful chord. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Film Threat (Jeremy Mathews)

ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)

Keri Russell stars as Jenna, a waitress with a gift for pie-making who bakes at Joe's Diner and names each pie after events in her life. When she gets knocked up by her loutish husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto), the pie of the day is I Don't Want Earl's Baby ...read the complete Waitress movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)

TIME Magazine (Richard Schickel)

Adrienne Shelly was murdered last November in her New York office. It was one of those stupefyingly banal crimes â�� the result of an argument with a construction worker â�� that preoccupy the tabloids and make the rest of us think long, hard and miserabl ...read the complete Waitress movie review at TIME Magazine (Richard Schickel)

One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)

One is always reluctant to speak ill of the dead, but at the same time one shouldnâ��t praise a work just because itâ��s posthumous. Thatâ��s the problem posed by this third film from the late actress Adrienne Shelly, who had moved on to writing and ...read the complete Waitress movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)

TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

Genial and appealing...Keri Russell essays a heroine that is worth rooting for and caring about. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

There no way around it: Russell's performance is spunky and just about irresistible, no matter how much you hate spunk. It's hard to imagine Waitress working without her. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

The Observer (Philip French)

It is almost impossible to look at Waitress without thinking of the bizarre circumstances of the death of its writer-director and co-star Adrienne Shelly. The 40-year-old Shelly, a prominent actress of American TV and independent cinema, was murdered ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Observer (Philip French)

Slant Magazine

drienne Shelly, whose brutal murder last year casts an uncomfortable pall over Waitress, was very much a student of Hal Hartley. Her tense compositional sense suggests someone else's influence, but in her ability to locate recognizable human feeling in ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Slant Magazine

PopMatters

Earl has to die. Or maybe not. The Earl (Jeremy Sisto) who lives inside Waitress, a universe untouched by the wondrous Dixie Chicks, is as stupid, cruel and crabby as the other Earl. But he is surrounded by shiny brightnessâ��bright pastels, bright ...read the complete Waitress movie review at PopMatters

Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies

I'm pretty sure that if writer/director Adrienne Shelly had not been murdered in her New York office, this movie would not be getting anywhere near the reception it's getting. Hell, I bet it would never have been widely released. Fact is, Hollywood loves ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies

Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)

"Waitress" is an odd and lovely film that takes clichÃ©d situations and turns them into comedy of a sort - that is, if you think that a wife married to a pathologically controlling husband and getting pregnant one night when he got her drunk, then finding ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)

Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)

With exaggerated caricatures creating a quirky yet engaging comedy, Adrienne Shelleyâ��s â��Waitress,â�� is an entertaining film. As both writer and director, Shelley casts herself in one of the supporting roles and gives an endearing performance. The fi ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)

Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)

Did you ever send back an entree because you were dissatisfied with the taste? Consider me a dissatisfied customer with this wholly predictable, run of the mill story of the adorable heroine who is in an awful, abusive marriage, discovers she is pregnant ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)

About.com (Marcy Dermansky)

Shelly's death makes me want to treat this movie with kid gloves, to root for it, turn it into something more than it is. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at About.com (Marcy Dermansky)

Time Out New York (David Fear)

Whether you end up loving or loathing the late Adrienne Shellyâ��s lukewarm romantic dramedy about a down-and-out pregnant diner worker (Russell), one thing is uncontestable: This movie is a dieterâ��s nightmare. Like every fable in which food acts as a ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Time Out New York (David Fear)

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