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Plot: What's the story about?
Adrienne Shelly's sunny final film is also her most artistically successful and intrinsically marketable directorial effort. An old-fashioned fairy tale that honors the transformative power of female friendship and motherhood, "Waitress" features a dynamic cast led by Keri Russell, whose character will surely do, in a Rachael Ray kind of way, for down home pie-making what the title character of "Babette's Feast" did for Cailles en Sarcophage.
When Russell's character Jenna, a waitress in a cheery southern diner, discovers that she's pregnant, she doesn't exactly jump for joy. Motherhood was never in her plans, and she's already saddled with her needy, jealous and infantile husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto).
At first, things seem hopeless and her dreams for a better life are in ruins, until a good-looking doctor (Nathan Fillion) arrives in town and mixes things up. With the support and love of her friends and co-workers (Adrienne Shelly and Cheryl Hines) at Joe's Pie Diner, Jenna exhibits her skills with crusts and fillings which are particularly appreciated by Joe himself (Andy Griffith). She then gains the courage to embrace independence and create the life of her dreams.
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Who stars in Waitress: Cast List
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Superman, Monsters University
Popular Theory, Nine Lives
The Other Side of the Door, Unknown
Who Stole Santa's Sack?, Play the Game
Who's making Waitress: Crew List
A look at the Waitress behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's writer Adrienne Shelly last wrote Serious Moonlight and The Morgan Stories.
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Production: What we know about Waitress?
Filming Timeline
- 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
Waitress Release Date: When was the film released?
Waitress was a release in 2007 on Wednesday, May 2, 2007.
Waitress DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
Waitress was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 .