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Waiting... (2005)

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Reviews Counted:86

Fresh:26

Rotten:60

Average Rating:4.2/10

Consensus: Waiting… is a gross-out comedy that is more gross than comic.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong crude and sexual humor, pervasive language and some drug use

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Oct 7, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $16,101,109

Synopsis: A hilarious comedy about frustrated waiters, stingy tippers and dicey food, Lions Gate Films' WAITING… stars Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long as young employees battling boredom at... A hilarious comedy about frustrated waiters, stingy tippers and dicey food, Lions Gate Films' WAITING… stars Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long as young employees battling boredom at Shenanigan's, a generic chain restaurant. A waiter for four years since high school, Dean (Justin Long) has never questioned his job at Shenanigan's. But when he learns that Chett, a high school classmate, now has a lucrative career in electrical engineering, he's thrown into turmoil about his dead-end life. Dean's friend Monty (Ryan Reynolds) is in exactly the same boat, but he couldn't care less. More concerned with partying and getting laid by underage girls, Monty is put in charge of training Mitch (John Francis Daley), a shy new employee. Over the course of one chaotic shift, Mitch gets to know the rest of Shenanigan's quirky staff: Monty's tough-talking ex-girlfriend, Serena (Anna Faris), Shenanigan's over-zealous manager, Dan (David Koechner), and head cook Raddimus (Luis Guzman), who's obsessed with a senseless staff-wide competition known only as "The Game"... Featuring stoned busboys, unsanitary kitchen antics, and lots of talk about sex, WAITING… is a hysterical, behind-the-scenes look at the restaurant industry, and an affectionate ode to those lost, and thoroughly unproductive, days of youth. -- © Lions Gate Films [More]

Starring: Anna Faris, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Luis Guzman

Starring: Anna Faris, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Luis Guzman, David Koechner, John Francis Daley, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Vanessa Lengies

Director: Rob McKittrick

Director: Rob McKittrick
Screenwriter: Rob McKittrick
Producer: Adam Rosenfelt, Stavros Merjos, Jeff Balis
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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06/03/06
Empire Magazine

Remember Office Space, with Jennifer Aniston as a flair-wearing Chotchkie's waitress? See, writer/director Mike Judge got his chain-dining establishment just right.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
10/06/05
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

As far as the strangely hostile cheerfulness of chain eateries goes, Office Space did more with a single throwaway joke than McKittrick musters in three acts.

Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | comment Comment
10/06/05
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

It's lewd, crude and socially irredeemable.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
10/06/05
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

a product that has been spit on, stepped on, dragged across the floor, dipped in the toilet, and laced with public hair… and then served hot, for $10.50 a ticket.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/06/05
Blake French
Blake French
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10/15/05
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

Looking like a high school drama project made for a couple of twenties over a long weekend, Waiting is labored and rarely funny.

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10/06/05
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

The cast compensates by serving steaming-hot plates of gonzo enthusiasm, kicking things along with unhinged gusto even when Waiting stalls in anecdotal nothingness.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
10/07/05
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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Whether via Jennifer Aniston's waitress character in Office Space or your own acne-aggravating teenage stint in front of a fryer, you've probably seen these situations, and these jokes, before.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
10/07/05
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
Sacramento Bee

If you’re planning on a dinner-and-movie date, make sure you have dinner FIRST (preferably at a restaurant where you can watch them cook your food).

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
10/08/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

The difference is Clerks was funny and Waiting is not.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
10/06/05
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Some jokes hit their mark, but mostly in "Waiting%u2026," what you're really waiting for is inspiration.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
07/26/07
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
 
 
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