Jenna (Keri Russell) is a waitress working in a small town diner. Jenna is a pie making genius. She is able to think up new recipes for pies, based on her state of mind at the time (I-Hate-Myself-And-I-Want-To-Pie, anyone?), seemingly at will. But Jenna has problems. She is married to a boorish and self centered man that she hates. She is accidentally pregnant by him. She is resigned to bringing this new life into the world, but finds no joy in it. Jenna is attracted to the new Doctor in town, but all she can see are her dreams of escape slowly withering and dying. There is no way out. Or maybe there is?
The Cineworld on Broad Street in Birmingham was quiet. ("Waitress" is hardly Summer blockbuster material.) I had the entire back row to myself, except for two old ladies sitting a couple of seats away from me. When "Waitress" had finished, one of the old ladies turned to the other and said
"Wasn't that a really nice film?"
Hey! Who am I to compete with that? "Waitress" really is a nice film. It is a very sweet, very cute and dryly funny comedy drama. Lovely performances by the whole cast (Keri Russell just glows), especially from Jeremy Sisto as Jenna's terrible husband Earl. He manages to turn what could have been a pretty one dimensional character into a full fledged study of cruelty and self centeredness, based on terrible, deep down insecurity. It's just an extended cameo, but I think that it is a great performance.
If it hadn't have been for the Adrienne Shelly's notorious death, and the resultant publicity, "Waitress" may never have got the reasonable distribution in the UK that it is getting. That would have been a shame. I'm glad that I saw it. If you are of the cynical bent, stay at home, but if you aren't, go and see "Waitress". You will like it.
The Cineworld on Broad Street in Birmingham was quiet. ("Waitress" is hardly Summer blockbuster material.) I had the entire back row to myself, except for two old ladies sitting a couple of seats away from me. When "Waitress" had finished, one of the old ladies turned to the other and said
"Wasn't that a really nice film?"
Hey! Who am I to compete with that? "Waitress" really is a nice film. It is a very sweet, very cute and dryly funny comedy drama. Lovely performances by the whole cast (Keri Russell just glows), especially from Jeremy Sisto as Jenna's terrible husband Earl. He manages to turn what could have been a pretty one dimensional character into a full fledged study of cruelty and self centeredness, based on terrible, deep down insecurity. It's just an extended cameo, but I think that it is a great performance.
If it hadn't have been for the Adrienne Shelly's notorious death, and the resultant publicity, "Waitress" may never have got the reasonable distribution in the UK that it is getting. That would have been a shame. I'm glad that I saw it. If you are of the cynical bent, stay at home, but if you aren't, go and see "Waitress". You will like it.