Waitress
Available Now
On DVD
- Synopsis
- Trapped in a miserable marriage and blessed with the ability to transform her misery into delicious desserts, a small-town waitress finds her life forever changed by an unplanned pregnancy....
- Read Full Synopsis
- Starring
- Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Shelly, Jeremy Sisto
- Director(s)
- Adrienne Shelly
- Distributor(s)
- Fox
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 107 min.
Trailers & Clips
Critic Reviews
Waitress deserves an essay, not just a review. There are perfect moments that stand out, and the reasons for their perfection are interesting.Read the full review
The writer-director Adrienne Shelly, who died in New York City late last year at the age of 40, took such perishable ingredients as wit, daring, poignancy, whimsy and romance, added passionate feelings plus the constant possibility of joy, decorated her one-of-a-kind production with pastel colors and created something close to perfection.Read the full review
A wee romantic charmer, a delectable Dixie screwball romp that never loses its spry sense of discovery.Read the full review
Watch Free Movies Online
SlashControl
Couch potatoes, rejoice! Choose from a library of 1000s of free movies and watch them online, anytime -- all at the brand-new SlashControl.
Watch Free Movies and TV Shows Online
Plus, check out:
Headlines
-
Review: Serious Moonlight Good News Only for Fans of Meg Ryan and Duct Tape
12/04/09 Nope, Moonlight isn't another Twilight sequel, though it does feature a strange love triangle—no vampires or werewolves but a wildly unbalanced attorney and her philandering spouse. | E! Online -
Film: Review:Serious Moonlight
12/03/09 Directed by Curb Your Enthusiasm 's Cheryl Hines from a script by the late Adrienne Shelly, the bitter comedy Serious Moonlight is meant to be both funny and painful, but manages only the latter. | The A.V. Club -
REVIEW | Gag Order: Cheryl Hines’s “Serious Moonlight”
12/03/09 The enormous groundswell of sympathy and support surrounding the release of Adrienne Shelly's "Waitress" blinded most viewers to its clear deficiencies. | indieWIRE -
Film: Interview:Cheryl Hines
12/01/09 Cheryl Hines is best known for her seven-season tour of duty patiently enduring Larry David's unique sense of right and wrong on Curb Your Enthusiasm , a role she inhabits so believably that some people—including, as she's stated in interviews, her own relatives—have had trouble separating fact from fiction. | The A.V. Club -
'Up In The Air,' 'Serious Moonlight' and 'Loot' In This Week's unLimited
12/01/09 Now that December is upon us, you can expect to hear about a lot of new releases you probably won't be able to see right away, unless you happen to live in a major market. | MTV Movies Blog -
Holiday Preview: Anywhere But a Movie Theater
11/03/09 IFC Films (with whom, full disclosure, we obviously share a parent company) will be delivering new films all holiday season to homes across the country through their Festival Direct and Sundance Selects labels. | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
AFF Review: Serious Moonlight
10/29/09 The first thing everyone seems to mention about Serious Moonlight is that its screenplay is the last one written by the late Adrienne Shelly . | Cinematical.com -
'Serious Moonlight' to open Austin Film Fest
09/28/09 "Serious Moonlight" will shine on Austin as the 16th annual festival's opening night film. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Honoring Adrienne Shelly in NYC
07/30/09 Moviefone Through the efforts of her husband Andy Ostroy and friends and costars like Cheryl Hines and Keri Russell, Waitress was shephered through the festivals, inevitable press days, and release. | Cinematical.com -
Magnolia Captures Shelly-Penned “Serious Moonlight”
07/28/09 Moviefone Magnolia Pictures has picked up "Serious Moonlight," which is actress-screenwriter Adrienne Shelly's first work to be produced posthumously. | indieWIRE