Review by Katie Wong (4 reviews):
The reinvention of women and their dead-end lives tend to be all the rage in the media. Like Miguel Arteta's 2002 film 'The Good Girl', we have a quite stunning leading lady in a miserable marriage in a relatively small town. She has an affair with a dashing supporting actor and she comes to a crossroads on what to do next. Only this time, an uplifting mood came out from the screen.

For the more health-conscious of cinemagoers, do not go and see Waitress, as you are guaranteed to be dribbling after the sumptuous treats made by the talented yet trapped waitress and pie-maker Jenna, played by the radiant Keri Russell.

Stuck with her possessive husband Jeremy Sisto and an unwanted baby, she finds solace in creating new recipes for the pie diner where she works, such as 'Bad Baby' Pie and 'Chocolate and Strawberry Oasis' Pie and dealing with her unlucky-in-love colleagues, including the shy-and-bashful Dawn, played by director Adrienne Shelley.

Enter Nathan Fillion, who plays the quite doe-eyed doctor Dr Pomatter, who reaches out to Jenna in a dopey kind of way...

This film is filled with bitter sweetness, contending between the warmth of the titular heroine and Adrienne Shelley's tragic murder days before the film's acceptance into the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Waitress could be passed off as chick flick, because of Jenna's struggles and complicated relationships, but because of its simple comedy, as well as premise, there is a lot to love in this film. Shelley would be proud as punch to see what a great movie she made.

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