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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

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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McKittrick's parade of genitalia humor and poor filmmaking skills make for a movie that's crude in more ways than one.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
10/07/05
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

I completely blame Kevin Smith for the existence of this movie.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
10/07/05
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

These aren’t people; they’re punch lines.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
10/07/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Its particular brand of puerile humor is often well-played enough to earn laughs -- though it could still use some improvement.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
10/07/05
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

As a parody of the corporate restaurant scene, Waiting has more than enough snarky insight (and laughs) to balance its numerous and often unnecessary trips to the potty

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/06/05
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Looking like a high school drama project made for a couple of twenties over a long weekend, Waiting is labored and rarely funny.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
10/06/05
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

I want Ryan Reynolds’ career and his abs ... he'll always get a phone call when Vince Vaughn turns down a role.

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
10/06/05
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

a product that has been spit on, stepped on, dragged across the floor, dipped in the toilet, and laced with public hair… and then served hot, for $10.50 a ticket.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/06/05
Blake French
Blake French
Filmcritic.com

... don't watch this film unless you have a high tolerance and an undemanding appreciation for penis jokes...

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
10/06/05
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Endlessly, tediously, mind-meltingly worthless.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
10/06/05
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

So many zany characters, not a single laugh.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
10/06/05
Piet Levy
Piet Levy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The cast sells the occasional one-liner, but a Reynolds smirk can take you only so far.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/06/05
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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It's lewd, crude and socially irredeemable.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
10/06/05
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

As someone who spent time in a steakhouse kitchen, I can say Waiting . . . comes close to reality, especially with its cast of characters.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
10/06/05
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic

A witless farce about working at a chain restaurant that belongs in a circle of gross-out hell somewhere below Porky's and slightly above Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Love.

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10/06/05
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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This gross-out comedy takes place almost entirely inside a generic chain restaurant, and what happens inside the kitchen isn't pretty.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
10/06/05
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

Sharp-witted and fairly consistently hilarious, rustling up some affectionate, but mostly disturbing, flashbacks to my own restaurant days.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
10/06/05
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

It makes you never want to go to a movie again.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
10/06/05
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The difference is Clerks was funny and Waiting is not.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
10/06/05
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

An ugly piece of work.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
10/06/05
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
 
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