Folks, let me tell you, I am sick of waiting for the next phase of my life to begin; hell, maybe it’s already started and I don’t even realize it yet. We all go through that transition after high school where we ponder the future and frankly time always seems to be working against us. The thought of actually reaching adult hood – becoming that person who works and makes an honest living while maintaining happiness – I mean, seriously, who is that guy? Above all, I think that’s what this movie is about. Then again, this might not be the best movie to pontificate deeper meanings.
Waiting involves a crazy cast of characters running a food joint; exemplifying the lighter side of being in your twenties, wondering when that whole maturation process is going to begin and thrust us into what we’re actually supposed to be doing with our lives. Our cast is seen waiting tables in a Friendly’s-esq environment where serving food is the last thing on their minds. Ryan Renolds, Justin Long, Anna Faris, Dane Cook and Hollywood’s next prospect Andy Milonokis are all part of the zany employees who run and corrupt this innocent restaurant. That’s the only environment we ever see, inside and slightly outside the restaurant. By the end I knew the geography of the place so well I could have thrown on an apron and start serving! (Assuming the whole writing / acting thing doesn’t work out it’s good to have options) The question I was faced with, however, was I spending my time Waiting to be entertained?
Right off the bat I could tell this movie wouldn’t hold back. You want crude sex talk? Unlimited amounts of testicle exposure? Drugs? Well this movie has it all in the ‘sick’ department, and that’s a style you need to be born with to enjoy. Fortunately, I was born a twisted child who can easily understand the humor of all this.
The problem here is, a good majority of movie-goers tend to enjoy more conservative entrainment that relies on more of a plot rather then pure shock value. The plot here is simple minded and really just wants you to buy into the one dimensional side of it all. There is a small message about Waiting, and that’s waiting to get the hell out of a mindless job like such; however for some, this job is all they want and will ever have.
A while into the film, you pretty much realize that it doesn’t have much more to offer, and that’s okay for someone like me who enjoys a movie that can just let loose and make you laugh and wonder why. (?) For the true movie analyzers out there, who just can’t help but look into everything they see for a deeper meaning, there is some stuff here, but not enough to justify the $11 to see it. So, for ...
