Waiting ...

R

Released Oct 7, 2005

1 hr. 33 min.

Comedy

List

30%

93 Reviews

Tomatometer

75%

100,000+ Ratings

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Staffers at the restaurant Shenaniganz engage in various pranks and games -- both on and off the clock. However, in the course of one day, waiter Dean (Justin Long) must choose to either accept a promotion to manager or go off in search of greener pastures. Meanwhile, his co-worker and roommate, Monty (Ryan Reynolds), fights temptation in the form of an underage colleague, while showing a new employee (John Francis Daley) the ins and outs, providing him the worst first day of his life.

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Critics Consensus

Waiting... is a gross-out comedy that is more gross than comic.

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Condor C

Worst movie I've seen for a long time

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Jive T

Such a hilarious flick. If you've ever worked in food service, you HAVE to watch this movie! It's unapologetically vulgar which in this day and age is a breath of fresh air. A lot of memorable scenes that will have you revisiting this gem! Great cast too! Ryan Reynolds in his prime (Van Wilder anyone?), the ever so talented Luis Guzman(Boogie Nights is the lick!), Anna Faris fresh off her Scary Movie come up, the gorgeous Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jordan Ladd, Kaitlin Doubleday, the oh so funny David Koechner, and more. Alanna Ubach had me in stitches as the disgruntled employee that's just fed up with everything, but he enough in her to put a perfect fake smile on for her annoying customers! The movie is a laugh riot. I highly recommend!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/04/24

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Zsolt B

Brilliant old-school comedy, I wish there were movies like this today.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/24

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Nablok

Anyone who worked in a restaurant in the 90s or Aughts may see pieces of this as familiar. True, they are exaggerated; but it feels fairly close to true. Really fantastic dumb/smart movie. Has a lot to say about people in that early stage of adulthood, their search, incentives in that side of the economy; and much else. Truly, if you ever worked at a restaurant, you tip your server. This this movie elucidates why.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/15/24

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Cash S

Waiting... is an enjoyable enough indie comedy. The whole reason I watched it was because Ryan Reynolds was in it, and he was the best part of the film. The film is very entertaining, and there were actually a couple of parts that had me laughing out loud. All of the characters are pretty fun in this, and it's fun to see there interactions with one another. A restaurant is a perfect setting for a comedy like this, and they use it well. I didn't really care about the stuff going on with the main character, and that's a really important part of the film, that I should've been more invested in. Although a lot of jokes do land, there are still quite a bit of jokes that didn't. The movies dumb, sometimes too dumb for it's own good, but it's supposed to be dumb, and I still had some fun with it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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John R

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Definitely for the Southpark / Family Guy / Mad Magazine crowd.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/24

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Rob McKittrick

Director

Ryan Reynolds

Monty

Anna Faris

Serena

Justin Long

Dean

David Koechner

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Scott Tobias

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Were the dialogue funnier and the characters more endearing, the film's total lack of forward momentum would be a winning quality...

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Andrew Pulver

Guardian

Pretty much everything that happens, and everyone who appears, seems to have been machine-tooled to appeal to the slacker constituency.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 3, 2006

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Frequently offensive and doggedly disgusting.

Rated: 0/5

Oct 29, 2005

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

As routine and bland as the food our protagonists are forced to serve.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 23, 2023

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Steve Persall

Tampa Bay Times

We can handle anything a prankster like McKittrick can dish out, if he doesn't treat us like the customer in Waiting who sends an undercooked steak back to the kitchen. He thinks comedy is all bodily fluids and cruel gutter talk...

Rated: F

Apr 28, 2020

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Rubin Safaya

Cinemalogue

Instead, it fizzles like the stale beer served at a bad restaurant...

Apr 28, 2020

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Synopsis

Staffers at the restaurant Shenaniganz engage in various pranks and games -- both on and off the clock. However, in the course of one day, waiter Dean (Justin Long) must choose to either accept a promotion to manager or go off in search of greener pastures. Meanwhile, his co-worker and roommate, Monty (Ryan Reynolds), fights temptation in the form of an underage colleague, while showing a new employee (John Francis Daley) the ins and outs, providing him the worst first day of his life.

Director: Rob McKittrick
Executive Producer: Thomas Augsberger, Paul Fiore, Chris Moore, Sam Nazarian, Malcolm Petal
Screenwriter: Rob McKittrick
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Element Films
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Crude Humor|Sexual Humor|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 7, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.1M
Sound Mix: Surround

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