Waiting... (2005)

Avaliação/utilizador:

6,9/10   

Diretor:

Rob McKittrick

Roteirista (WGA):

Rob McKittrick (written by)

Data de Lançamento:

7 Outubro 2005 (USA)

Gênero:

Comédia

Chamada:

Hungry for Laughs? (DVD)

Argumento:

Young employees at Shenaniganz restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics.

Plot Keywords:

Waiter | Employee | Cook | Decision | Manager

Comentários dos utilizadores:

painfully funny

Elenco

Ryan Reynolds	...	Monty
Anna Faris	...	Serena
Justin Long	...	Dean
David Koechner	...	Dan
Luis Guzmán	...	Raddimus
Chi McBride	...	Bishop
John Francis Daley	...	Mitch
Kaitlin Doubleday	...	Amy
Rob Benedict	...	Calvin (as Robert Patrick Benedict)
Alanna Ubach	...	Naomi
Vanessa Lengies	...	Natasha
Max Kasch	...	T-Dog
Andy Milonakis	...	Nick
Dane Cook	...	Floyd
Jordan Ladd	...	Danielle

Conhecido como:

Waiting (UK) (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong crude and sexual humor, pervasive language and some drug use.

Duração:

94 min

País:

USA

Língua:

Inglês

Cor:

Cor

Aspect Ratio:

1,85 : 1

Som:

Dolby Digital

Certificação:

Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Ireland:16 | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Malaysia:18SX | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/16 | USA:R

Locais de filmagem:

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA

Companhia :

Eden Rock Media

Pegadinha:

The "foreign" guests at the bar speak German with Austrian accent and the guy says, "Did you see the blonde girl? That's unbelievable, her breasts are incredible!"

Goofs:

Continuidade: When Calvin is standing on the back patio at the party leaning on the door talking, there is a guy with a red and blue hat on who appears for a split second and then disappears

Citações:

Dean: Calvin, what happens with every girl you're interested in?
Monty: Nothing!
Dean: You take 'em out, you pay for everything, and you never make a move!
Monty: And then you go home, alone, to masturbate while you cry, using your own tears as lube...
[cut off]
Calvin: Ok, that was once, and I was drunk, and *it was Valentine's Day*. So back off.

Conexões:

Referido em Jake's How-To (2008)

Tilha Sonora:

Don't Let It Get You Down

painfully funny

The people at Shenanigan's restaurant are an old mix of characters, never making their jobs boring by the amount of shenanigans of their own. Mitch is just starting and is taking the tour with Monty. Monty is the friendly yet crazy work mate, making every moment at fun one. Dean has hit a rut and questions why he still works at Shenanigan's, and cant commit with a fellow employee Amy. Dean was also asked if he wanted the assistant manager spot; to much of the content of others. Serena and Monty were dating, but they have a friendship on fake smiles and sarcasms.

The odd mix of characters of waiting make this such a wonderful. It's just not focused upon the three main characters; Monty, Dean and Serena, the background characters have their own personalities and dilemmas, adding so much more story. The development of the characters aren't fully developed, but you can still understand and sympathies to their problems. The characters are clichéd; you have seen a lot of them before; but they are so well placed and interact perfectly; there is a realism to them.

The major point of Waiting is the black humor that runs through it. It doesn't work off big set pieces and outlandish situations to make you laugh, the humor organically comes out of the characters from their dialog. A lot of the dialog is perverse, but it never seems out of place. Waiting does perfectly reflect the relationship between customer and waiter; well i did. Rob McKittrick unashamedly shows this interaction; the smart-ass customer who always complains, the regulars, and what could go behind the walls when the customers push to hard.

Ryan Reynolds brings another eccentric performance forward. He had been stuck with that eccentric ego in a lot of movies; but he does it perfectly and does another great job again. Anna Faris had finally lost that ditsy persona and shows a broader range of acting; bringing a great performance. Justin Long does have a puppy dog face a lot of the time, but really comes forward in the more serious moments. All the other actors as the employees all do wonderful performances, making the background character more interesting.

Waiting is a great black comedy on hospitality that is so painfully funny.