Andy Milonakis, Anna Faris, Chi McBride

A waiter for four years since high school, Dean has never questioned his job at Shenanigan's. But when he learns that Chett, a high school classmate, now has a lucrative career in electrical engineeri...( read more  read more... )ng, he's thrown into turmoil about his dead-end life. Dean's friend Monty is in exactly the same boat, but he couldn't care less. More concerned with partying and getting laid, Monty is put in charge of training Mitch, a shy new employee. Over the course of one chaotic shift, Mitch gets to know the rest of Shenanigan's quirky staff: Monty's tough-talking ex-girlfriend, Serena, Shenanigan's over-zealous manager, Dan, and head cook Raddimus, who's obsessed with a senseless staff-wide competition known only as "The Game".

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Rob McKittrick

Release Date: October 7, 2005

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DVD Release Date: February 7, 2006

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  • May 17, 2009
    fucking funny shit and good moral
  • April 17, 2009
    Not a classic comedy, but more of a cult classic in the style of Office Space centering around the everyday work life of employees at the fictional Shenanigan's restaurant. It's got sick, juvenile humour that carries it to the final minutes, but sometimes you just need that in life.
  • March 28, 2009
    "She broke the cardinal rule; never fuck with people who handle your food. "

    Toilet humor at its best, Waiting is an ultimate guilty pleasure. In order to fully appreciate this film, a history of working in a restaurant is recommended. Waiting is about a...( read more) group of college-aged kids who work at a local restaurant. They delay their future by waiting tables and partying all night.

    This film NAILS it! Everything about it is 100% accurate. The relationships that are formed with co-workers, to the anal boss, to the obnoxious customers, to the stoner dish monkeys... it's all authentic.

    For me, Waiting serves as a documentary. All new friends I meet through my work who haven't seen it are invited over for a viewing.

    Despite my personal relation to the film, it's also hilarious. With an ensemble comedic cast that includes Ryan Reynolds, Dane Cook, Anna Farris, Justin Long, Luis Guzman, David Koechner, and Andy Milonakis, this film is guaranteed to crack you up. Also, lesser-known Alanna Ubach gave the funniest performance as the foul-mouthed, short-tempered waitress Naomi.

    If you work in a restaurant, or have ever waited tables, then you MUST watch Waiting... hell, EVERYONE should watch this so you can see how to act properly in a restaurant. Don't fuck with people who handle your food. It's so unnecessary to be an ass. I have seen much worse done to rude customers than they do in this film.

    Be nice. It's contagious.

    And for cris sakes, if you can't afford at least a 15% tip minimum, then don't eat at a restaurant where some unfortunate soul is going to be forced to wait after your cheap ass. Ok?

    Sorry. I'm done ranting now.

    "Well, Alzheimer's can't be all bad. You get to meet new people every day."
  • September 14, 2008
    I thought this was freaking hilarious!

    The guys at the firehouse used to have penis showing contests so I have seen "the goat" in real life!
  • September 6, 2008
    Waiting is a toilet humor film that tries to be Clerks but fails (there's even a thank you list like in Kevin Smith films that lists... Kevin Smith). Slightly above average mainly because of Chi McBride and Luis Guzman and his game. It's not The Godfather, but it is entertaining ...( read more)if you like sick, degenerate humor.
  • November 20, 2009
    What a piece of shit!
  • November 19, 2009
    WAITING... (2005)
    dir. Rob McKittrick
    cast. Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Anna Faris

    Waiting... chronicles a day - or an evening - in a restaurant. We get to meet all the over-stylized characters one after another and we are supposed to care about them or think they

    ...( read more) are funny. Im not sure if director Rob McKittrick tried to make his film somehow realistic but its not. Everything is just a bit too underlined, hoping to get the viewer to think «Hey thats so true!», but its not.

    I worked in both the back and the front of a restaurant and some stuff dont make sense while other seems right, but exaggerated. Where do these people get the time to go smoke a cigarette three at the times during dinner rush is a mystery to me.

    Waiting... is highly influenced by Clerks and similar films but it lacks wit. Its hardly ever that funny and when it is, its just unintentional cause we dont laugh for the right reason. All characters are just one-line joke repeated over and over. There is one though, coming out of the lot, Justin Long's Dean, who seems to be a bit more real and Long has some charms and gives a fairly good performance. Anna Faris is underused just as are lots of other actors while Ryan Reynolds shows he has comedic timing but he cant really do anything here with the bad vulgar lines he is given.

    This film could have worked if it had tried to be wittier with less gross out joke and a bit more sense. Its not as terrible seemed, but I cant say Im genuinely surprised by it cause I didnt really have any real expectation.. Kudos for the long take in the middle of the film following around in the restaurant, it felt well-inspired but unfortunately they had to show it in fast-forward. All of that being said, I didnt hate it.

  • November 19, 2009
    THIS MOVIE IS EXTREMELY FUNNY, NUFF SAID
  • November 13, 2009
    I liked this movie alot. Pretty funny material and Reynolds was hilariously witty
  • November 13, 2009
    This is an underrated one. Everyone should watch it at least once. There's also an important lesson to be learned. "Don't f*ck with people who handle your food"

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  • kaylalynn96
    July 23, 2009
    Dude this movie was insaely funny Ryan Reynolds is HOT Dane Cook is HOT and Justin Long is HOT I freakin loved this movie so freaking funny!!!
  • afowler86
    February 13, 2009
    I think they are "waiting" on the world to change. haha look i made a funny! silence i will kill you
  • Rainbowsandstuff1
    April 11, 2007
    "Very cautious in treading in CLERKS II trritory? No! THEY EVEN HAVE Jay and Silent BOB rip offS! THAT SUCK!!
    A minbd fuck but very likeable because of scrotum messing and a hilarious (yet typical) lead performancE!"

    "This was my favorite of the series. I really enjoyed these movies when I was a kid and I still watch them to this day. I might be crazy but I really like these movies. Not so much the third one though. "

    Ok so, some people have no clue what the hell they are talking about or how to give a review. As a fellow movie finatic, this pisses me off pretty bad..>.<
  • jackass001
    September 9, 2006
    I love that movie Waiting...I cant wait for buy a DVD soon!
  • SWEETCH1CK
    June 28, 2006
    every time i watch it,it stills makes me laugh.love it.
    "its so veiny."lol
  • emabraban
    June 27, 2006
    went to see it at pictures. great movis i love it. soooooooooooo funny lol
  • thedork1982
    June 18, 2006
    I need to get this DVD also.

    There! I'm #2.
  • pywell2006
    May 21, 2006
    i am sure nobody posts comments for films but anyway am the only one at the moment.....i think.

    Cant wait to get "Waiting" on DVD.

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