Waitress(dir. Adrienne Shelly)
This is definately a girl's movie. There's no denying that. It's a chick flick complete with it's happily ever after ending, but unlike other chick flicks, there's no man in the main character's life at the end. It's almost a girly cutesy version of Knocked Up. It's cute moments like her making pies were kind of too cutesy for my tastes, but there are some whimsical romantic moments like her doctor that she is having an affair with holding her because she is sad and needs some affection. It was definately a heart-tugging moment. I would have probably given this ***1/2 if it just ended there, but it kept going. It's refreshing that she doesn't end up with either her husband or her doctor, but it's still sort of unsatisfying. The most off-putting aspect was just it's overly cute moments. There's a sequence that shows her smiling because she is happy since she is having an affair with her doctor that almost verges on being scary. This definately felt like Hal Hartley-lite at some moments like a conversation between her and her doctor in his office felt like it was directly lifted out of a Hal Hartley movie. It wasn't as annoyingly cute as Miss Potter, but it still was kind of annoying in it's cuteness.
*** out of ****
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