Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 05/02/2007(USA
Release Date: 11/27/2007
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 108 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Trapped in a miserable marriage and blessed with the ability to transform her misery into delicious desserts, a small-town waitress finds her life forever changed by an unplanned pregnancy. Every day,
Jenna (
Keri Russell) ties on her apron and serves her customers with a smile, and every night she goes to bed knowing that she is one step closer to the day that she can kiss her scarily domineering husband (
Jeremy Sisto) goodbye forever. A smart and sassy baker whose extraordinary pies are inspired by her daily trials and tribulations,
Jenna fears that her dreams are all but dead when handsome
Dr. Pomatter (
Nathan Fillion) reveals that she is soon to become a mother. As
Jenna begins penning a series of letters to her unborn baby, her life starts to change for the better in ways she never could have imagined. The final film from actress/filmmaker
Adrienne Shelly,
Waitress debuted at the
Sundance Film Festival in Utah just months after the director was discovered dead in her New York City apartment -- the victim of a homicide.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide