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Waitress
3.3
(2.8K)
Drama
Comedy
Romance
2007
105 min
PG-13
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
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Drama
Comedy
Romance
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"One of my comfort movies"
M
Madison
" 3½⭐/5⭐
+ Waitress treads the line between a slice of life dramedy and a whimsical romantic fantasy. The opening is reminiscent of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory where we see the chocolates being made by machines and then packaged; in this movie we see pies being made with berries, jams and fillings falling in slow motion into the inner crust. This motif is an insight into the main character's imagination. Jenna is married to an abusive husband in a small town where she resents her life and can only find relief with her two female coworker friends and in her mind as she invents the best pies in town and sells them at the pie shop where she works. With the money she makes, she saves in the hopes of running away from her dreaded life, until she finds out that she is pregnant. She visits the new local doctor for a check-up and starts an affair with him. This sets the stage for the general story where we follow these characters and their interactions. Keri Russell anchors this movie bringing the perfect balance between sweet, neurotic, and melancholy. Even when I thought the movie took on the theme of adultery too lightly, she always seemed to give the movie more grace than it deserved. Without her I don't know if I could have suspended disbelief quite as much. The supporting cast is wonderful also, and the direction was strong for the most part.
- Had it leaned into the theme of adultery it could have been more emotionally authentic. Instead we see the affair she has with the doctor, whose wife is presented later in the movie as loving and supportive, and there doesn't seem to be any remorse about what they did. It didn't make sense and felt a little shallow in relation to the overall story. {A movie that treaded this line better was The Good Girl with Jennifer Aniston} Also, some of the editing felt monotonous, like a TV show cutting between two characters in dialogue. Sometimes it took away from the movie's flow."
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