“Waitress”
If you love pie (and don’t we all?), this is the movie for you. Keri Russell (of TV “Felicity” fame) stars as a waitress in a small-town pie diner who finds out she’s pregnant just as she’s about to leave her controlling husband. Besides her two waitress pals, she finds an unexpected friend in the new gynecologist in town, played by adorable Nathon Fillion, who starred in a short-lived, but brilliant, TV series named “Firefly”. This is a far cry from “Felicity” for Russell – there’s not a peppy bone in her here. I was also pleasantly surprised to see Andy Griffith in a terrific role as an irascible patron. Throughout the movie, Russell’s character creates pies to match her moods..gorgeous, luscious pies. The sad part of this movie is that the writer/director, Adrienne Shelly, who also stars as one of the waitresses, was killed in New York City before the movie premiered. What a waste of good talent. Honor her memory by seeing her one and only film. Rated PG-13.
John P. said,
December 15, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Liz,
I liked Waitress a lot as well, and the names of the different pies were hilarious. It’s a really good small film that moves in unexpected directions to a satisfying conclusion.