Waitress (2007)

Réalisateur:

Adrienne Shelly

Scénariste:

Adrienne Shelly (writer)

Release Date:

25 mai 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame | Romance

Accroche:

If only life were as easy as pie.

Plot:

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

Plot Keywords:

Pie | Infidelity | One Word Title | Adultery | Female Director

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Funny and touching

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 10

8:10 AM

MAX

Ensemble

Keri Russell	...	Jenna
Nathan Fillion	...	Dr. Pomatter
Cheryl Hines	...	Becky
Jeremy Sisto	...	Earl
Andy Griffith	...	Old Joe
Adrienne Shelly	...	Dawn
Eddie Jemison	...	Ogie
Lew Temple	...	Cal
Darby Stanchfield	...	Francine Pomatter
Heidi Sulzman	...	Exhausted Mother
Lauri Johnson	...	Nurse Norma
Sarah Hunley	...	Dr. Lily Mueller
Cindy Drummond	...	Hospital Nurse
Nathan Dean	...	Minister
Caroline Fogarty	...	Doctor's Assistant

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and thematic elements.

Durée:

108 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Argentina:13 | Germany:6 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:PG-13 | New Zealand:M | Brazil:12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:7 | Finland:K-7

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

The Halfway House Cafe, Saugus, California, USA

Company:

Night and Day Pictures

Anecdotes:

Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title 'Broken Dishes'.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Oki comes into the diner to give Dawn the flowers they are in the corner of the booth and then in front of him in the next shot, and he clearly did not move them.

Guillemet:

Becky: If you havent noticed, my right boob is way up here in Maine and my left boob is danglin' down here in Florida.

Connexions De Film:

References Modern Times (1936)

Soundtrack:

SHORT SKIRT / LONG JACKET

Funny and touching

Waitress is a great, funny movie starring Keri Russell as a small-town waitress who discovers that she's pregnant just as she's planning to leave her jealous, controlling husband. The typical Hollywood approach for a movie like this would be to film it in ultra-serious "movie of the week" mode, but writer/director/actor Adrienne Shelly chose to tell her story in an extremely stylized, almost fairy-tale style. The stylized dialogue, super-sharp photography and primary-color palette even reminded me of the movies of Joel & Ethan Coen at times, but in the end, this movie packs an emotional punch that the Coen brothers have rarely achieved. It also features a brilliant (and brilliantly human) performance by Andy Griffith as the horny old geezer who owns the diner where Russell works.

This movie has a good chance at achieving a Little Miss Sunshine-style breakout this year. It's funny, quirky and honestly touching. Waitress stands as a fine legacy for Adrienne Shelly, but if things had been different, it could have been the movie that launched her into the mainstream instead of her swan song.