Waiting (2005) Critic Reviews

It's lewd, crude and socially irredeemable.Read the full review

The wait for laughs lasts the entire length of Waiting ..., first feature from writer-director Rob McKittrick that aims to be a "Clerks"-type comedy set in a chain restaurant but ends up somewhere below a "Porky's" sequel.Read the full review

With its sweet stupidity and shoddy production values, Waiting... knowingly evokes bad '80s R-rated comedies, but the differences are telling.Read the full review

The filmmaker captures a certain exaggerated verisimilitude, but the comedy is surprisingly flat. The cast sells the occasional one-liner, but a Reynolds smirk can take you only so far.Read the full review

Geared to 16-year-olds who can't name the governor of their state, this movie ought to be closed down by the health department.Read the full review

Lots of people will leave screenings of this movie in disgust -- and laughter is the last thing they will hear on the way out.Read the full review

There must be humor here somewhere.Read the full review

There's real potential in the premise of young, unmotivated screw-ups logging time at a dead-end restaurant job--a hash-slinging "Office Space," basically--but first-time writer-director Rob McKittrick makes it look like a homemade sitcom laced with profanity.Read the full review

Doesn't serve up enough laughs to build a theatrical following but could find life on video as a takeout item.Read the full review