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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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10/15/05
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

The only things you’ll find on the menu are rancid leftovers.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
10/13/05
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Ew. “Waiting” longs to shock its audience. And does.

Full Review Source: KWQC-TV (Iowa) | comment Comment
10/13/05
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
KWQC-TV (Iowa)

If this movie had a brain, it would take it out and scribble graffiti of the 'for a good time call...' variety on it.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
10/12/05
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The funniest scene is also the saddest: The kitchen crew, having cleaned up, watching the clock like New Year's, goes nuts when a couple is seated a minute before closing. This is pain.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/12/05
Darren Reidy
Darren Reidy
Village Voice

Rob McKittrick’s debut is most successful at its simplest — unflinching in the way a lot of 20somethings talk and act in the company of friends.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
10/11/05
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

You can do gross-out stuff and be funny, but it has to have some decent dialogue and characters.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
10/11/05
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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If McKittrick didn’t work at a restaurant himself, he must have lived with someone who did.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
10/10/05
Pete Vonder Haar
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat

If you think 'Deuce Biglaow: European Gigolo' is the worst movie of the year. Wrong! 'Waiting' is the winner by a mile.

Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
10/10/05
Jackie K. Cooper
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

Not razor-sharp with its satire of the corporate restaurant culture as Office Space was with corporate office culture.

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
10/08/05
Mark Collette
Mark Collette
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

A new classic of the 'sucky job' subgenre.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
10/08/05
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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

As in waiting for it to be over.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
10/07/05
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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An obvious but undeniably funny mix of National Lampoon's Animal House and Clerks, writer-director Rob McKittrick's feature debut is a comedy for those without a gag reflex and for shut-ins who never plan to eat in a restaurant ever again.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/07/05
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A puerile excuse for humour, perfectly described by one of the characters, in a rare moment of insight, as 'an exercise in retarded homophobic futility.'

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
10/07/05
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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McKittrick's relentless vulgarity is wearing, but he's a strong visualist who keeps his shoestring-budget film looking fresh.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
10/07/05
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times

This movie's two goals are to be over-the-top funny and remind audience members what it feels like to be in your early 20s without a plan, and it's a complete success in both areas.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/07/05
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle

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

Waiting needs more scenes with true bite, rather than tired shtick about stoner bus boys, rude customers, and 'The Game.'

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
10/07/05
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com
 
 
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