Waitress

Waitress

A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 144 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Stars: Stephanie Torns, Charity Dawon, Max Kumangai, Molly Jobe, Dakin Matthews, Anastacia McCleskey, Matt Deangelis, Andrew Fitch, Drew Gehling, Henry Gottfried, Christopher Fitzgerald, Tyrone Davis Jr., Sara Bareilles, Eric Anderson, Emily Koch, Molly Jobe, Caitlin Houlahan, Joe Tippett
  • Director: Brett Sullivan
 Comments
  • SnoopyStyle - 10 April 2024
    good stage musical
    First, this was a 2007 movie. It was released soon after Adrienne Shelly's brutal murder (which I will always associate with that Law & Order episode). It then became a Broadway musical and we're back to a movie. The obvious next step would be a full blown theatrical musical. Jenna Hunterson (Sara Bareilles) is a small town waitress and pie maker. Her life is turned upside down when she gets pregnant by her no-good boyfriend.

    The singing is great. It is fun and cute. It has a heart-felt story. It is missing the pie making visuals. If they turn this into a theatrical musical, they could add that back. I do like the energy from the crowd, but the screen could never replace the real world experience. That will always hold it back in this form.
  • salsal_58 - 9 January 2024
    How high is your tolerance for baking related puns?
    At some point, when they pull out her baking station on stage for the umpteeth time you can't help but roll your eyes and groan. Don't get me wrong, it's a cute musical. The characters are extremely stereotypical, but pleasant. It can be fun to watch them interact.

    However how many times can you stand watching the main character explain her feelings in baking terms, while baking? I know many great musicals resolve around a central theme. But it's on the nose. Very on the nose. We're supposed to root for the main character and her dream of escaping a difficult situation through bakery, however at some point her relentless baking and recipes with increasingly unhinged names and ingredients just starts becoming gratingly annoying.

    The music isn't particularly great either. It's fine. Nothing that I'd want to listen to on repeat. The biggest problem is that it all sounds like typical Sara Barailles fare, written for her, but sung by other people. Her typical vocal stylings are frequently imitated by other characters, because that's how the songs were written, but it all becomes very samey.

    Overall I'd say it's like a pie that's too sweet. The impression is delicious, but you soon realize it's too sweet. You try to persevere, but before long the pie becomes cloying and unpleasant.