Waitress
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- Adrienne Shelly's sunny final film is also her most artistically successful and intrinsically marketable directorial effort. An old-fashioned fairy tale that honors the transformative power of female friendship and motherhood, 'Waitress' features a ......
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- Director(s)
- Adrienne Shelly
- Distributor(s)
- Fox
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 104 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites
Waitress deserves an essay, not just a review. There are perfect moments that stand out, and the reasons for their perfection are interesting.Read the full review
Wall Street Journal | Joe MorgensternAdd Critic to Favorites
The writer-director Adrienne Shelly, who died in New York City late last year at the age of 40, took such perishable ingredients as wit, daring, poignancy, whimsy and romance, added passionate feelings plus the constant possibility of joy, decorated her one-of-a-kind production with pastel colors and created something close to perfection.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
A wee romantic charmer, a delectable Dixie screwball romp that never loses its spry sense of discovery.Read the full review