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Waitress is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and went into limited theatrical release in the US on May 2, 2007. Keri Russell plays Jenna, a waitress living in the American South, who is trapped in an unhappy marriage with the abusive Earl (Jeremy Sisto). She works in Joe's Pie Diner, where her job includes creating inventive pies with unusual titles inspired by her life, such as the "Bad Baby Pie" she invents after her unwanted pregnancy is confirmed. Jenna longs to run away from her dismal marriage, and is slowly accumulating money to do so. She pins her hopes for escape on a pie contest in a nearby town, which offers a $25,000 grand prize, but her husband won't let her go. Her only friends are coworkers Becky and Dawn (Cheryl Hines and Adrienne Shelly), and Joe (Andy Griffith), the curmudgeonly owner of the diner and several other local businesses, who encourages her to begin a new life elsewhere. Jenna's life changes after she meets her new physician, Jim Pomatter (Nathan Fillion). He has moved to the small town to accommodate his wife, who is

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  Daniel on Waitress

  A southern sob story that would hold its own on Lifetime. My wife liked it, I guess the plot moved along well enough, and the acting was pretty okay, so I can't really say that I thought the movie was terrible.
  
  From a critical perspective, I think that the idea that a "career dream job" and having a child to raise on your own equates to happiness in life is a bit humanist and feminist-esque, so you have to be aware of the Chopin on your shoulder the whole time. In an age of political correctness though, this movie blends in perfectly in Hollywood.
  
  For an antithesis to this film, see Fireproof. I admit that the budget may not have been as big, the actors are mostly second-rate, and the message is overtly Christian, but the idea of a "doomed marriage" being able to be saved through the grace of God is much more needed than another story of self-empowerment.

  October 24, 2008 at 2:24 p.m. UTC