The Waiter (2010)
4/10
THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION
25 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Contains midpoint explanation of background.

The Waiter (Jason Konopisos writer/director/Cinematography/producer...i.e. he owns it) is a nameless person who works for a nameless company as a courier and hitman. He is a bit of a sociopath with the personality of a fish. We discover the background for the film about half way through as a "once upon a time" story. It is heavy into conspiracy theories that the govt./Russian mafia/ energy companies/Arabs were all involved in unrest in the Middle East and that one thing (9-11?). The middle of the film pauses for a long boring philosophical narration to help us go to sleep. Yes we define ourselves by our name and occupation, just like medieval times. We work for people doing jobs that are beneath them. And we move but are motionless. I was really bored with the paranoid mind of Jason Konopisos.

The film has some avant-garde elements and has won numerous indie awards. Go figure.

Guide: F-bomb. Sex. Stripper nudity that is technically not nudity.
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