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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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While Waiting has value as a cautionary document, it's only intermittently funny.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
10/07/05
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

The movie is best when it stops trying to be outrageous and simply goes about documenting the awful universals of the food-service experience.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment 1 Comment
10/07/05
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

Waiting makes us wait too long between laughs. But its sly awareness of the people and the work might transport you back to that Pizza Hut, Olive Garden or T.G.I. Friday's in your own "Order up!" past.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
10/07/05
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

The scenes that work are really funny. But for every gag that flies there are at least one-and-a-half that don't.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
10/07/05
M.E. Russell
M.E. Russell
Oregonian

If you're planning to go out for dinner and a movie, Waiting... should be your last choice at the multiplex.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
10/07/05
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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The sophomorically crude comedy Waiting... confirms your worst suspicions about both the staff in chain restaurants -- and indie filmmakers desperate to be noticed.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/07/05
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Rob McKittrick's sour debut is such an obvious candidate for the direct-to-video shelf, someone will surely be demoted for sending it into actual theaters.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
10/07/05
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

The movie is a clumsy and uninspired mess.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
10/07/05
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Miami Herald

Filth -- be it in the kitchen or the punch lines -- is something I can handle. One-note, laugh-free filth is another thing entirely.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
10/07/05
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

If side-splitting laughter is what you crave, Waiting... will leave you hungry for a slice of American Pie.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
10/07/05
Tina-Louise Reid
Tina-Louise Reid
L.A. Weekly

Don’t expect a message. Waiting is one thing and one thing only: rudely, profanely, obnoxiously funny.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
10/07/05
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

Waiting... is rude, crude, childish and stupid, which is pretty much everything you want in a gross-out humour movie.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
10/07/05
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

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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Between a couple of funny scenes and a bunch of unfunny gags, there's not much going on in Waiting ....

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
10/07/05
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter

Ryan Reynolds' new comedy is like going to one of those T.G.I. Fridays-esque pub-restaurants that it spoofs: It's just okay, but it might leave you a bit queasy afterward.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
10/07/05
E! Online

If you're looking for a hefty serving of rude fun with a side of light meaning, order up Waiting.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
10/07/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

It lays out a hearty, all-you-can-laugh buffet, served by some very fresh, in both senses of the word, waitstaff.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
10/07/05
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Scattershot and under the mistaken assumption that vulgarity is its own reward, Waiting isn't about waiting tables. It's about a group of unlikable and obnoxious jerks who have found one roof under which they can be obnoxious and unlikable.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/07/05
Mark Keizer
Mark Keizer
Boxoffice Magazine

Teenage boys will be in heaven. All others: Check, please.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/07/05
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

There’s nothing here but penis jokes and the glorification of statutory rape.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
10/07/05
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com
 
 
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