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2007 film directed by Adrienne Shelly

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Waitress is a 2007 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly. The movie features Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, and Jeremy Sisto in the cast. It explores the main subject of human pregnancy. The narrative follows a small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage who finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.

The film was distributed by Searchlight Pictures and Netflix via video on demand. It has a runtime of 105 to 108 minutes. Production involved Night & Day Pictures and Fox Searchlight Pictures. The budget was 1,500,000, resulting in a box office revenue of 22,000,000 to 22,240,529.

Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. Review scores range from 7.0 to 7.3 out of 10, with percentages of 89% and a score of 75 out of 100. The tagline for the film is "If only life were as easy as pie."

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Film · TMDB

6.7

A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.

Released: 2007-05-25105 minDir: Adrienne ShellyDrama, Comedy, RomanceBudget: $1.5MBox office: $22.2M

Cast

  • Keri Russell as Jenna Hunterson
  • Nathan Fillion as Dr. Jim Pomatter
  • Andy Griffith as Old Joe
  • Cheryl Hines as Becky
  • Adrienne Shelly as Dawn Williams
  • Jeremy Sisto as Earl Hunterson

Themes

  • small town
  • waitress
  • southern usa
  • house
  • cafeteria
  • unwillingly pregnant
  • domestic violence
  • woman director

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Ratings

IMDb

7/10

51,266 votes

Year
2007
Runtime
108 min
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
human pregnancy
Screenwriter
Adrienne Shelly
Cast member
Lew Temple
Duration
105
FilmAffinity ID
542356
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2007-05-25
title
Waitress
distributed by
Netflix
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
75/100
capital cost
1500000
box office
22000000
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