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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Adrienne Shelly (written by)
Release Date:
25 May 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
If only life were as easy as pie. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
5 wins
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3 nominations
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(70 articles)
Serious Moonlight a Dim Effort
(From newser. 4 December 2009, 12:52 PM, PST)
Review | Gag Order: Cheryl Hines’s “Serious Moonlight”
(From indieWIRE. 3 December 2009, 8:53 AM, PST)
(From newser. 4 December 2009, 12:52 PM, PST)
Review | Gag Order: Cheryl Hines’s “Serious Moonlight”
(From indieWIRE. 3 December 2009, 8:53 AM, PST)
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Funny and touching
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Keri Russell | ... | Jenna Hunterson | |
| Nathan Fillion | ... | Dr. Jim Pomatter | |
| Cheryl Hines | ... | Becky | |
| Jeremy Sisto | ... | Earl Hunterson | |
| Andy Griffith | ... | Old Joe | |
| Adrienne Shelly | ... | Dawn | |
| Eddie Jemison | ... | Ogie | |
| Lew Temple | ... | Cal | |
| Darby Stanchfield | ... | Francine Pomatter | |
| Heidi Sulzman | ... | Exhausted Mother | |
| Lauri Johnson | ... | Nurse Norma | |
| Sarah Hunley | ... | Dr. Lily Mueller | |
| Cindy Drummond | ... | Hospital Nurse | |
| Nathan Dean | ... | Minister | |
| Caroline Fogarty | ... | Doctor's Assistant |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and thematic elements.
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Runtime:
108 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 |
Ireland:15A |
UK:12A |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Brazil:12 |
Germany:6 |
Sweden:7 |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-7 |
New Zealand:M |
Australia:M
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The idea for the five minute date Dawn (Adrienne Shelly) goes on was inspired by Adrienne's experience with them years earlier.
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Continuity: During the wedding procession, Jenna appears NOT to be wearing her "pregnancy bump". later when she is dancing with Joe, it is all too obvious.
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References Modern Times (1936)
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NO ONE IS TO BLAME
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Waitress is a great, funny movie starring Keri Russell as a small-town waitress who discovers that she's pregnant just as she's planning to leave her jealous, controlling husband. The typical Hollywood approach for a movie like this would be to film it in ultra-serious "movie of the week" mode, but writer/director/actor Adrienne Shelly chose to tell her story in an extremely stylized, almost fairy-tale style. The stylized dialogue, super-sharp photography and primary-color palette even reminded me of the movies of Joel & Ethan Coen at times, but in the end, this movie packs an emotional punch that the Coen brothers have rarely achieved. It also features a brilliant (and brilliantly human) performance by Andy Griffith as the horny old geezer who owns the diner where Russell works.
This movie has a good chance at achieving a Little Miss Sunshine-style breakout this year. It's funny, quirky and honestly touching. Waitress stands as a fine legacy for Adrienne Shelly, but if things had been different, it could have been the movie that launched her into the mainstream instead of her swan song.