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Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.40 out of 4 stars for FirstShowing.net (Alex Billington)FirstShowing.net (Alex Billington)
Although a number of always wonderful romances come out every year, Waitress sticks out above the rest... ...read the complete Waitress movie review at FirstShowing.net (Alex Billington)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.40 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Cute, sweet and witty ... it certainly will leave you wanting more and saddened that this was Shelly's last. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-Intelligencer
Sweet and sour and sexy, the final film by actress-turned-filmmaker Adrienne Shelly is a tartly enjoyable slice of romantic comedy served up with a dramatic bite. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for World Socialist Web SiteWorld Socialist Web Site
Only a few months before her film Waitress was accepted by the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, 40-year-old American director Adrienne Shelly was tragically murdered in New York City, a victim of the desperate state of social relations in the US. Her demise ...read the complete Waitress movie review at World Socialist Web Site
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Tiscali UKTiscali UK
A celebration of the power of pies, Waitress is an offbeat, touching and funny look at one woman's culinary escape from domestic hell. From the salivating opening credits to the closing dedication, Waitress is steeped in the single-minded and gifted ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Tiscali UK
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
A quirky comedy with emotional impact. One of my favorite genres actually. Tight direction, strong dialogue, good acting. Imagine the Coen brothers directing Alice at Mel’s Diner. It’s a study of one woman’s attempts to cope with a desperately ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Slate (Dana Stevens)Slate (Dana Stevens)
A week after seeing Waitress, I still tear up when I think of its closing theme, a catchy little lullaby about pies that was co-written by the movie's writer, director, and co-star, actress Adrienne Shelly (Trust, The Unbelievable Truth). Shelly was ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Geoff Berkshire)Chicago Tribune (Geoff Berkshire)
Finding exactly the right recipe for a quirky, sweet-natured comedy is deceptively difficult. Add a little too much eccentric behavior and the characters won't have a well-rounded flavor. Lean too heavily on sentimentality and audiences will gag on the ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Chicago Tribune (Geoff Berkshire)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
“Waitress” is a brilliantly written, acted and directed romantic comedy that is funny, insightful, heartwarming, original and highly satisfying. It reminds me a bit of “Fried Green Tomatoes,” but it is better than that. It has to do sex, friendshi ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ReelzChannel (Heather Huntington)ReelzChannel (Heather Huntington)
Her last work, Waitress, is a sunny romantic comedy about a small town waitress named Jenna (Keri Russell) with a flare for baking unusually-named and remarkably tasty pies. Only the friendship with her two coworkers, the spitfire Becky (Cheryl Hines) ...read the complete Waitress movie review at ReelzChannel (Heather Huntington)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The New York Times ()The New York Times ()
Shelly, who wrote and directed “Waitress” (and who plays one of Jenna’s co-workers), demonstrates a similar confectionary gift. The movie, her third and last feature before she was murdered in November, blends familiar elements into something both s ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The New York Times ()
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
an outstanding, enjoyable movie that is well worth seeing ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott)New York Times (A.O. Scott)
With Waitress, Adrienne Shelly tamed and shaped realism, finding a perfect, difficult-to-achieve balance of enchantment and plausibility. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
Jenna (Keri Russell) is pregnant, but she’s not at all happy about it – and she isn’t afraid to let people know. Everyone at the diner knows her husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto) is a no-good sumbitch and a control freak. She was saving money to leave him ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Movie Chicks
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
For the love of all that’s delicious, do not go into this movie on an empty stomach, unless you’re happy to chew wetly on the dandruff-encrusted headrest of the seat in front of you. Waitress is a film that expresses its emotions through food, and ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Plugged InPlugged In
Forrest Gump's mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. Jenna believes life is like a slice of pie. Make that hundreds of slices. Thousands. Chicago Lonely Pie. Marshmallow Mermaid Pie. Kick in the Pants Pie. Pregnant Miserable Self-Pitying ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Plugged In
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning News
Wisely, or perhaps just luckily, built around Keri Russell's funny, heartfelt and utterly discombobulated portrayal of a small-town table jockey named Jenna, the movie is quite engaging whenever it's charting the character's frustrating stumbles toward ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Dallas Morning News
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City Deseret News, Salt Lake City
If it's possible, "Waitress" makes even sadder the already tragic murder of actress/filmmaker Adrienne Shelly last year. This comedy — Shelly's third and final feature-length project as a writer/director — shows quite a bit of promise, ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
If director Shelly's own life hadn't been cut short (she was murdered last fall), "Waitress" might have been dismissed as a small serving of whimsy. But like the tart and fizzy Jenna, it's actually a pantry of potential, which makes the lack of a second ...read the complete Waitress movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
"Waitress" is a blithe indie about three waitresses and their romantic problems in a small Southern town--with the main focus on discontented, pregnant "pie genius" Jenna (Keri Russell). Written and directed by the late Adrienne Shelly, it's a ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
This may not seem like the most objective critical standard to apply, but one of the most remarkable things about Waitress – even the title's a tip-off – was that it did not make me barf. On the contrary. Despite the fact that it's a faux-blue coll ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The New York TimesThe New York Times
Stuck in a marriage to a man she loathes, inconveniently pregnant with his child, oppressed by long hours waiting tables for a grouchy boss, Jenna finds relief baking pies. As lovingly filmed as they are made, these creations serve as both therapy and ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The New York Times
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (A.O. Scott)The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Stuck in a marriage to a man she loathes, inconveniently pregnant with his child, oppressed by long hours waiting tables for a grouchy boss, Jenna finds relief baking pies. Adrienne Shelly, who wrote and directed “Waitress” (and who plays one of Jenna ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
"Waitress" stars Keri Russell as a pie-baking genius who would never describe anything as "easy as pie." For Russell's character, Jenna, a pie whiz/waitress at a country diner, pie is life, and life - in all of its disappointments, ironies and ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Exclaim!Exclaim!
With Waitress, writer/director/co-star Adrienne Shelly serves up a delicious slice of rom-com pie with weighty dollops of poignancy in what is tragically her final work following her disturbing murder in November 2006. Keri Russell is refreshingly ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Exclaim!
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
IT'S impossible at this point to separate "Waitress," a charming little bitter sweet Southern comedy by the late Adrienne Shelly, from the tragic circumstances surrounding the filmmaker's demise. Shelly, who as an actress served as a muse for indie ...read the complete Waitress movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The AgeThe Age
The senseless murder of the actor and filmmaker Adrienne Shelly unavoidably overshadows the final film that she wrote and directed, a low-budget comedy-drama set around a small-town "pie diner" in a fanciful version of the American South. In between ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Age
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film School Rejects (Chris Beaumont)Film School Rejects (Chris Beaumont)
This is a movie that will put a smile on your face and a grumble in your tummy. Waitress is a sweet film that moves at a poetic pace through the dramatic comedy landscape. It successfully brings a lead character to empathize with. I found it near ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Film School Rejects (Chris Beaumont)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Keri Russell sheds her Felicity-esque coed in favor of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Well, sort of. Jenna (Russell) is a cook and waitperson at cozy Joe's Pie Diner, a woman for whom the seductive art of baking is an emotional retreat ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Moviehole (Paul Fischer)Moviehole (Paul Fischer)
Waitress is a sublime work, full of infectious humour, a great soundtrack and a spellbinding performance by the exquisite Ms Russell. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Moviehole (Paul Fischer)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Ruthless Reviews Ruthless Reviews
On Nov. 1, 2006, actress and filmmaker Adrienne Shelly was murdered in her New York apartment by a 19-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant, who later confessed to the crime despite the fact that at first, Shelly’s death was ruled a suicide. These are the ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Ruthless Reviews
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for L.A. Daily News L.A. Daily News
Sometimes one really fine performance can save a whole movie, and that's the case with "Waitress." Wisely, or perhaps just luckily, built around Keri Russell's funny, heartfelt and utterly discombobulated portrayal of a small-town table jockey named ...read the complete Waitress movie review at L.A. Daily News
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)
Unfortunately, the arrival of late writer/director/actress Adrienne Shelly's final film, "Waitress," threatens to be overshadowed by the story of her tragic murder last fall in New York City. Perhaps previously best known for starring roles in two films ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Warren Curry)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
I am not at all familiar with writer-director Adrienne Shelly, but after seeing her performance in Waitress, a film she also wrote and directed it is heartbreaking to learn that she was murdered only six months ago as her final film hits theaters. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Moviepie.comMoviepie.com
Jenna (Keri Russell) is an unhappily married waitress with a gift for making the most delicious pie you've ever tasted. If she can just make it to the Pillsbury Bake Off, she's almost certain to win, and with her winnings, she could leave Earl (Jeremy ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Moviepie.com
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chronicle
There's a lot to be said about "Waitress," but perhaps the first thing that needs to be said is that the accolades it's receiving are not some sentimental response to the death of its writer-director, Adrienne Shelly. The film is a revelation, and the ...read the complete Waitress movie review at San Francisco Chronicle
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
It’s time for indie film-lovers to loosen their collective belts a notch or two. “Waitress” – writer-director Adrienne Shelly’s sugar-sweet tale of a small-town girl moved to confront her loveless marriage by a surprise pregnancy - is destined ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
Some of us fell in love with Adrienne Shelly right out of the gate. Her first movie, director Hal Hartley's "The Unbelievable Truth" (1989), gave her to us fully formed, a unique, self-possessed creature immediately at home in the pop landscape. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Boston Globe
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
It's impossible to watch the sweet comedy Waitress without being haunted by the fact that its writer, director, and co-star Adrienne Shelly was tragically murdered last fall, just three months before the film premiered at Sundance. It's also clear to see ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Reel.com
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
On the contrary. Despite the fact that it's a faux-blue collar (Southern-accented even) chick flick in the high-quirk mode, wherein Keri Russell plays a frustrated small-town baker of such inner-life-revealing confections as I Hate My Husband Pie, the I ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
There's a scene a little more than midway through Waitress where writer/director Adrienne Shelly seems to be challenging the audience not to fall in love with Keri Russell in this role. She is teaching her gynecologist/lover how to bake a pie, and she ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Leonard Maltin's Picks Leonard Maltin's Picks
Waitress is the kind of film that renews my faith in movies. After months of mediocrity—with a few exceptions scattered here and there—along comes a movie that’s as fresh as the pies its main character bakes every morning. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Leonard Maltin's Picks
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
It’s funny how we can go from a comedy about molestation -- Garry Marshall’s repulsive Georgia Rule -- that’s not just desperately unfunny but actively disgusting to a comedy about professionally unethical behavior, spousal abuse, adultery, and ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Milwaukee Journal-SentinelThe Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
What makes "Waitress" so enjoyable goes beyond the baking clichés to the fresh - and now silenced - voice of independent filmmaker Adrienne Shelly. Her characters are at the same time comfortably familiar and unpredictable. Her script is big-hearted and ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
This sweetheart of a comedy boasts a hilarious and heartfelt performance by Keri Russell as Jenna, a small-town waitress who gets pregnant by her abusive husband, Earl (Jeremy Sisto), and expresses her feelings through pastry, like her ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Waitress is a pleasant dramatic comedy that overcomes its tonal inconsistencies by presenting an engaging lead character with whom its virtually impossible not to empathize. The film makes its share of missteps, occasionally feeling a lot like a sit-com ...read the complete Waitress movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
There are times when the spirit of a movie is enough to get you gliding over its obvious flaws. "Waitress," which was directed by the late Adrienne Shelly, is one of those pictures. The movie takes place in a mythical somewhere-in-the-South town, a place ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Nathan Lee)Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
Mildly quirky and zealously cute, Adrienne Shelly's Waitress is the story of three irrepressible gal pals slinging pie and shooting the shit in a postcard-perfect small town diner. Bearing their sitcom burdens lightly, they are: Becky (Cheryl Hines), the ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald
Jenna is a waitress with a passion for baking pies. The act of filling pastry cases with rivers of raspberry syrup, lakes of chocolate sauce and ridges of pecan nuts induces in her a state of profound contentment. Watching her, it has to be said, I ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
A superb turn from Kerri Russell and a strong one from Nathan Fillion aren't enough to redeem the cloying sentiment and Southern condescension of the last film of Adrienne Shelly; her tragic death last year abrupted the career of a promising artist. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
Laying on the charm, Keri Russell (TV's Felicity) stars as Jenna, an unhappily married "pie genius" whose dream of running away to start a new life evaporates when her home pregnancy test turns pink. She feels nothing but dread over her impending ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Arizona Republic
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
Calling a movie “quirky” sounds like a putdown or a damning-with-faint-praise, but that’s only because it’s a term often used by critics reacting to insincere and straining movies that overlay mannerism on thin characters just to be cute. What ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Video Reviews with Joan EllisVideo Reviews with Joan Ellis
Jenna (Keri Russell) is a waitress at Joe’s Pie Diner, and that’s all that’s ordinary about this movie. In an odd mixture of sharply funny and oddly sentimental exchanges the script is wonderfully unashamed of manipulating us. Its public success is ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
The late Adrienne Shelly, who was killed in a brutal murder after complaining to a construction worker about the noise he was making in the office below, is best known as an actress from Hal Hartley films (especially Trust and The Unbelievable Truth). ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Call this Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore for a new generation, with this tale of a diner waitress, the grouchy cook, co-workers both sassy and meek, and a woman who finds a sense of her self amid all of the trials and tribulations. Even if the main ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (Nick Schager)Cinematical (Nick Schager)
Regrettably but inevitably, Waitress's tenacious optimism is partially offset by the recent, tragic murder of its writer/director/co-star Adrienne Shelly, an actress who made her name in Hal Hartley's early indies and, with this funny, charming slice of ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Cinematical (Nick Schager)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for
In "Waitress", the slice-of-life that the film presents in a little Southern town is like a pie that is low in fat, low on fillers, and yet possesses a naturally sweet flavor. It's not as bland as a quiche. It's not as confectionary as a Boston Cream Pie. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Box Office ProphetsBox Office Prophets
When we last saw Keri Russell, a bomb had exploded in her brain, causing her eyes to go all loco, as she died in Tom Cruise's arms in Mission: Impossible III. There are somewhat fewer exploding brains in her latest movie, Waitress, the slight but ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Box Office Prophets
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
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 brightness—bright pastels, bright ...read the complete Waitress movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
When waitress and pie chef extraordinaire Jenna (Keri Russell) finds out she's pregnant, she reconsiders her plan to leave her abusive husband (Jeremy Sisto). At work, Jenna minds to the orders of the shop's owner (Andy Griffith) and hangs with fellow ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAtlanta Journal-Constitution
A pregnant waitress is caught between her controlling husband and the new town doctor, with whom she is having a steamy affair. ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for musicOMH (Anton Bitel)musicOMH (Anton Bitel)
It is advice that Adrienne Shelly might well have taken in what was tragically to be her last film before she was murdered in 2006. Cooking is at the very heart of Waitress, whose main character Jenna (Keri Russell) is an unhappy wife, a reluctant ...read the complete Waitress movie review at musicOMH (Anton Bitel)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Film Ireland Film Ireland
Television has the luxury, albeit an often misused one, of adding layers to characters and creating long-running story arcs evoking growth and development which can seldom be achieved within the standard running time of a movie. A sense of reality ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Film Ireland
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
"Waitress" has a tragic behind-the-scenes backstory. Writer-director-star Adrienne Shelly, 40, was murdered in her New York City apartment last November, only a little over two months before her film was to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Shelly, ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Shelly has not only launched Russell's above-the-title movie career, but created a poignant portrait of workplace sisterhood and female empowerment in this moving legacy, a love letter to her real-life daughter that Shelly wrote when she was eight months ...read the complete Waitress movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Pop Entertainment.com Pop Entertainment.com
It is hard to take Waitress on its own values because even the lightest moments of this beautifully whimsical tale carries with it some horrific baggage. The tragic murder last November of writer/director/co-star Adrienne Shelly by a construction ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Pop Entertainment.com
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (John Thomason)Orlando Weekly (John Thomason)
A pregnant waitress and expert pie artist (Keri Russell) at a local dessert shop fantasizes about future pie concoctions while fleeing her repulsive husband (a terrific Jeremy Sisto), having a fling with her doctor and engaging in artificially witty ...read the complete Waitress movie review at Orlando Weekly (John Thomason)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
A truly terrific turn from Russell is what makes Waitress worth watching; her ability to switch seamlessly between comedic and poignant moments makes her impossible to dislike. In the same way that Sideways used wine as a metaphor, Jenna's emotions are ...read the complete Waitress movie review at BBC Films
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)
Waitress is this year’s little independent film that could. Like last year’s breakout Sundance darling, Little Miss Sunshine, Waitress has everything that it takes to be the indie hit everyone will be talking about. Keri Russell (Felicity, ...read the complete Waitress movie review at cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Phantom TollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth
If the name of Adrienne Shelly sounds familiar, she is the actress/writer/director who was murdered in her office in the fall of 2006. A construction worker now awaits trial. Shelly is one of the stars of Waitress, playing Dawn, a rather shy girl who ...read the complete Waitress movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Waitress (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
What her customers want from her are just her desserts. What we want for her are her just deserts. She's the winsome and sympathetic protagonist of the quirky, Southern-fried fairy tale Waitress, a screwball comedy with a melancholy ...read the complete Waitress movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
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