Fresh
Shelly deftly achieves a tone pitched between fantasy and reality, its levity belying an astute and humane study of an unhappy relationship steeped in inertia.
Shauna Lyon, New Yorker
Waitress
If only life were as easy as pie.
2007 · 1h 45m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Adrienne Shelly
Overview
A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Funny, gentle, unpatronising, if occasionally naive and quirky.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh
The film is hardly flawless - even the pie-baking scenes sometimes seem half-baked - but it's hard not to read promise into every frame, and to wonder what Shelly might have cooked up in the future.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
Fresh
Waitress is not a perfectly cut, factory-line Safeway-brand slice. It does, though, serve up a generous deep-dish portion, homemade and heartfelt, that leaves a sweet taste goes down.
Mark Bourne, Film.com
Rotten
Shelly's film (regrettably her last) may be a fine folly for foodies. But as a fable of female empowerment, it seriously lacks flavor.
David Fear, Time Out
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