Storyline
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
Directors
Cast
Nathan Fillion, Lew Temple, Keri Russell, Cheryl Hines, Eddie Jemison, Nathan Dean, Christy Taylor, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Adrienne Shelly, Darby Stanchfield, Cindy Drummond, Lauri Johnson, Heidi Sulzman, Sarah Hunley, Caroline Fogarty, Jennifer Walsh, Mackenzie King, Hunter A. King, Donna Leslie
Trailer
Reviews
80
Part feminist fable, part romantic fairy tale, it is by turns tart and sweet, charming and tough, rather like its heroine and like Keri Russell, the plucky, pretty, nimble actress who plays her.
75
Rolling Stone
This sweetheart of a comedy boasts a hilarious and heartfelt performance by Keri Russell.
75
Shelly left her daughter - and her audience - a wonderful gift, this movie about the transforming effects of motherhood. Waitress shows how, in giving birth, a woman gives birth to herself - as artist and mother.
70
Variety
While aspects verge on sitcom terrain, this tale of a pregnant small-town woman caught between a bad marriage and a risky affair is mostly as funny and charming as intended.
70
Wise, humble and effortlessly funny.
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