Waitress

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Waitress

PG-13,

2007,

1h 47m,

Comedy/

Drama/

Romance

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89%

169 Reviews

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74%

250,000+ Ratings

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74%

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250,000+ Ratings

Jenna (Keri Russell) works in a diner in a small Southern town and is a genius at creating luscious desserts, but her marriage to an overbearing lout (Jeremy Sisto) makes happiness impossible. When she discovers she is pregnant, she makes plans to skip town before her condition is obvious. However, she begins an affair with the new town doctor (Nathan Fillion), who is the only one who knows her secret.

Critics Consensus

Sweet, smart, and quirky, Waitress hits the right, bittersweet notes through this romantic comedy through its witty script and a superb performance by Keri Russell.

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Shauna Lyon

The New Yorker

Feb 10, 2014

Shelly deftly achieves a tone pitched between fantasy and reality, its levity belying an astute and humane study of an unhappy relationship steeped in inertia.

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Wally Hammond

Time Out

Nov 18, 2011

3/5

Funny, gentle, unpatronising, if occasionally naive and quirky.

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Mark Bourne

Film.com

Nov 28, 2007

Waitress is not a perfectly cut, factory-line Safeway-brand slice. It does, though, serve up a generous deep-dish portion, homemade and heartfelt, that leaves a sweet taste goes down.

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Jonita Davis

The Black Cape (Medium)

Mar 30, 2026

For many millennial women, the film is the life we are trying to build right now, nearly two decades later, divorcees, empty-nesters, and perimenopausal, too. Finally, looking to create our own "pie shop" in life.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 26, 2020

4.0/4.0

It's hard to picture an actress other than Russell so beautifully blending the drama, desperation, hopefulness, sweetness, and sensuality of her character.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Aug 26, 2020

6/10

Adrienne Shelly's 'Waitress' is a bittersweet comedy-drama that has good intentions when it establish its romantic dilemmas, but I feel it lacks grace and emotionality. [Full review in Spanish]

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Oct 21, 2018

A beautiful film. Always makes me smile with captivating performances from the entire cast.

Aug 1, 2018

I didn't expect much from this movie the cover makes it look like a poorly made romantic comedy. It looks like an after thought, but it's anythin but that. Kerri Russel's performance is natural and real,. An amazing supporting cast. This movie is a definite surprise that went under the radar to most movie goers.

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Anakin L

Jun 7, 2018

Written and directed by Adrienne Shelly starring Keri Russell as Jenna who works in a pie diner, and while she is not happy staying with her controlling, self serving and abusive husband, Earl (Jeremy Sisto) she finds comfort being with a considerate already married man who happens to be her doctor, Dr. Pomatter (Nathan Fillion). Andy Griffith also stars as the owner of the pie diner as Old Joe.

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Albus W

Jun 3, 2018

Are you happy enough? That's the kind of question that this movie leaves you with. Three waitresses, a pain in the rear boss, a curmudgeon owner that only one person really likes, an abusive husband, and a gynecologist fill out the main characters. This is a film that asks some profound questions while showing the complexities of love, friendship, and moral decisions. There are enough twists and turns in the storyline that you're never sure exactly where everything will end up, and this makes for a good movie.

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Kylo S

Mar 22, 2018

3/23/2018 Felicity's Keri Rusell serving up some good ol' pies on the side while dealing with personal battles. Would have wanted those pies to have taken a little bit more attention than just some story chapter starters.

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Anakin G

Feb 21, 2018

Waitress is beautiful, sweet and heartbreaking, relying on Adrienne Shelly's sensitive direction in revealing a woman's point of view and Keri Russell's spot-on performance.

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Synopsis

Jenna (Keri Russell) works in a diner in a small Southern town and is a genius at creating luscious desserts, but her marriage to an overbearing lout (Jeremy Sisto) makes happiness impossible. When she discovers she is pregnant, she makes plans to skip town before her condition is obvious. However, she begins an affair with the new town doctor (Nathan Fillion), who is the only one who knows her secret.

Director: Adrienne Shelly
Producer: Michael Roiff
Screenwriter: Adrienne Shelly
Distributor: Fox
Production Co: Night & Day Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 2, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.1M
Runtime: 1h 47m

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