Monday, April 1, 2019

Waitress 2007


     Jenny is married but she’s unhappy.  She's saving her money and hoping to win a pie-baking contest to get more money.  If she can save enough, she will be able to leave her husband Earl.  She learns she is pregnant and that creates big turnaround for her plans!!  Jenny works at Joe’s diner and she bakes phenomenal pies.  She’s not happy at Joe’s either.  She listens to the wisdom of old Joe and she tolerates her sour boss Cal.  Her fellow waitresses Dawn and Beck are her friends.  There is also a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town but he’s married?  Life begins to seem less able to manage!!
     The pies!!  I wanted make pies, eat pies and go out and buy pies!!  So many looked like they would taste really good!!  This is a funny, quirky and good movie.  It’s about friendships and believing in yourself.  This is a very different role for Keri Russell than the Russian spy killing everyone in the series The Americans.  She had the role of Elizabeth Jennings.  Her co-star was her husband Matthew Rhys.  This series ran for six seasons between 2013 and 2018.  4* (I really liked this movie)

108 min, Comedy directed by Adrienne Shelly with Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Adrienne Shelly, Eddie Jemison, Lew Temple, Darby Stanchfield, Heidi Sulzman, Lauri Johnson, Sarah Hunley.

Note:  Imdb 7 out of 10, 90% critic 74% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, The Guardian 1* out of 5* Peter Bradshaw, Metacritic 75 out of 100 with 34 critics 7.1 out of 10 with 117 reviews, Amazon 4.3* out of 5* with 586 reviews.
Special Note:  Filmed in Halfway House Café, Santa Clarita and Sleepy Valley Ranch, Agua Dulce, California.  The little girl Lulu in the final scenes is Director Adrienne Shelly’s daughter Sophie Ostroy.  Unfortunately, Shelly was killed in her apartment by a nineteen year old construction worker shortly after filming.  Shelly received a Best Screenplay nomination at the 23rd Independent Spirit Awards.  Andy Griffith acted in this film and one more as his final acting roles.    

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