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Waiting... (2005) -- Young employees at Shenaniganz restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics.

Overview

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6.9/10   26,544 votes
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Director:
Rob McKittrick
Writer (WGA):
Rob McKittrick (written by)
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Release Date:
7 October 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Hungry for Laughs? (DVD) more
Plot:
Young employees at Shenaniganz restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
Austin Movie Show review more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Waiting (UK) (poster title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong crude and sexual humor, pervasive language and some drug use.
Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
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

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Paris Hilton and Molly Sims were both offered the role of Danielle and refused. At the last minute, Jordan Ladd was hired. more
Goofs:
Continuity: 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 more
Quotes:
Monty: Okay, Mitch, you see what Dean just did there? Don't ever do that. more
Movie Connections:
References Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Here in Your Bedroom more

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151 out of 200 people found the following comment useful:-
Austin Movie Show review, 12 October 2005
10/10
Author: leilapostgrad from Austin, TX

I hated (HATED!) being a waitress, but this movie is so hilarious and so ballsy that it almost makes me want to go back to the summer of 1999 to work one more shift at TGI Fridays. Waiting is the best, most accurate, most honest, and most riotously funny movie ever made about the service industry. Here's how I see it – the world is divided into two groups of people: those who have waited tables and those who haven't. Those who have never worked a day of their lives in a restaurant may find this movie amusing, but they'll think it's too absurd to be real, and they'll probably never give a second thought to this movie ever again.

But those of you who have felt the pain, degradation, and humiliation of waiting tables will p**s your pants laughing at how PERFECT this movie is. First-time writer/director Rob McKittrick has created a dead-on depiction of 24 hours in the restaurant biz. The movie opens at a late-night party with lots of underage drinking, smoking, and sex. Then we see the wait staff hung-over at work the next day. The restaurant they all work at is called "Shenanigans," but it looks an awful lot like the TGI Fridays I worked at.

All the characters in Waiting are based on the real people who work in every restaurant. There's the hot/slutty/underage hostess, the fat and ugly cook who somehow dates a really hot waitress, the stoner/punk bust boy, and the manager with the chip on his shoulder. All the customers in this film (the cheap red necks who don't know how to tip, the b****y women, the drunk and horny men) are all customers I've waited on. And no filmmaker has ever so accurately portrayed the complex and irreconcilable tension between the wait staff and kitchen staff.

But at the end of the night, no matter what drama unfolds, no matter what dishes brake, and no matter how much money you make in tips (or don't make), everyone gets wasted and parties together, and you all know you're in it together. Waiting simply tells a story about a profession that most people never give a second thought to. But it tells that story flawlessly. Can't wait for the DVD.

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