The Waiting Game (1999)
Movie Info
What does a tortured artist, femme fatale, ego-maniac, gay dancer, wanna-be supermodel, and an impotent bus boy have in common? They all work together. This ensemble comedy love story chronicles the adventures and misadventures of a group of aspiring performers who wait tables at a New York City eatery called "Peter's Backyard." While the restaurant is a place of business, it's also a forum for everyone to work out the issues of life as they know it, or think they know it. Pitted against the New York culture jungle, Lenny, Andi, Joe, Derek, Shannon, and Dan serve up a prie fixe of artistic trauma, comedic insanity and thespian lust. We follow these characters as they struggle to keep their delicately balanced lives from coming unglued, in the urban warfare of the survival of the artist.
Cast
Will Arnett
as Lenny
as Lenny
Debbon Ayer
as Merris
as Merris
Dwight Ewell
as Joe
as Joe
Eddie Malavarca
as Derek
as Derek
Daniel Riordan
as Dan
as Dan
Taylor Stanley
as Shannon
as Shannon
Michael Raynor
as Franco
as Franco
Terumi Matthews
as Andi
as Andi
Capt. Donald Williams
as Nick the Cook
as Nick the Cook
Alice Spivak
as Customer from Hell
as Customer from Hell
Christopher Lawford
as Barfly
as Barfly
Howard Spiegel
as L.A. Director
as L.A. Director
Amy Marcs
as Casting Director
as Casting Director
Leslie Lyles
as Therapist
as Therapist
Scott Wojcik
as Cliff
as Cliff
Critic Reviews for The Waiting Game
All Critics (4) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (3)
Despite first-rate acting, these stories are pretty ordinary stuff and tell us little about the actor-waiter's ordeal that's supposed to be the heart of the film.
February 26, 2002 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
The kind of film that works better on the small screen than in theatres.
July 24, 2001 | Rating: 50/100
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