Waiting...

October. 07,2005      R
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order and enthusiastic managers who want to build the perfect wait staff. Luckily, these employees have effective revenge tactics.

Ryan Reynolds as  Monty
Anna Faris as  Serena
Justin Long as  Dean
David Koechner as  Dan
Luis Guzmán as  Raddimus
Chi McBride as  Bishop
John Francis Daley as  Mitch
Kaitlin Doubleday as  Amy
Rob Benedict as  Calvin
Alanna Ubach as  Naomi

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Reviews

CrawlerChunky
2005/10/07

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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filippaberry84
2005/10/08

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Tobias Burrows
2005/10/09

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Justina
2005/10/10

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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kyleherbertz
2005/10/11

This movie still holds up well more than a decade later. I still laugh everytime I watch it. As a former server at a restaurant, I can definitely relate to this film (minus the spitting & ruining customer's food, though I definitely wanted to sometimes)The acting's good, the laughs are consistent, and it's a fun relatable comedy about funny frustrations in the workplace. 15 years later it's still a great classic!

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balsamic-83888
2005/10/12

We just bought the movie because was rated 6.8 stars but couldn't watch until the end. It was so bad...... I don't know how it got 6.8 stars....

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firstanold
2005/10/13

This was a sad, sad excuse for a comedy. These people have no idea how a joke works. I was told this movie was good by a friend, who I have since realized has no taste, so I had some hope for it at the time.It starts out promisingly. A bunch of--fairly likable--friends slogging through work in a family style restaurant - good.Then -SPOILER ALERT- (ha.) they reveal that the staff has this game where they try to show one another their scrotum by surprise, "okay," I thought, "this is going to be the set-up to an incredibly funny joke."Then they escalate by revealing that the staff has this game where they try to show one another their scrotum by surprise, "okay..." I thought, "this seems familiar. But maybe the joke is going to be SO good that they wanted to reestablish the set up so no one would miss it."And then finally, FINALLY, the punch line: They reveal that the staff has this game where they try to show one another their scrotum by surprise.Yeeeeeaah. So I spent the whole movie "Waiting..." for a punch line and not even cracking a smile as the hope slowly drained from me. Then they wrap the movie up with this shitty coming of age BS that could have been ripped from any other movie, book, or TV show about this age group. This was absolutely pathetic. The movie had one half-formed joke and they repeated it over, and over, and over. There was also some utterly predictable cr*p about messing with customers and how hard it is to be young that was totally forgettable. And, contrary to what most of the reviews say, completely inaccurate. No one messes with food that gets sent back because you can get the kind of lawsuit that will leave you permanently bankrupt from that kind of sh*t. Every other shred of half-hearted observational humor was so obvious that it wasn't funny.I am from this age group. I am a bar tender. I am the target demographic. This move did not appeal to me in the least. Maybe it's because I keep my scrotum to myself of because I had no poorly written angst about whether to go to university.

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Mark Geoffrey
2005/10/14

This was the title of the last 10 star review. I respectfully disagree with the 6.8 grade the movie gets. Unfortunately a chef from the restaurant i work in recommended the movie to me and i honestly can't believe that people think this is a good movie. I've watched plenty of crappy comedy movies and had good cheap laughs but this was just not funny. Furthermore i found hardly any resemblance with an actual restaurant. Recap: The jokes weren't funny, there is no plot, except for a few minor moments the movie doesn't resemble a real restaurant and Ryan Reynolds wears an earring the whole movie. You're doing people a favor telling them not to watch this.

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