Waiting...
Review by Clint Morris
What an appropriate title. It's waiting that you'll be doing
a lot of in this economical fart comedy featuring rising star
(though lately, it looks as if he's slipped back down the
hill somewhat) Ryan Reynolds.
Waiting... for the storyline, Waiting... for
the good jokes, Waiting... for the editor to level
out the grain from the pic...
Granted, there are a couple of good laughs to be had here
- but be warned: they are pretty darn dirty! But with ticket
prices as lofty as they are, you might be best served simply
re-watching Van Wilder again on VHS.
In fact, it's rather amazing that this B-comedy is even being
housed at the local multiplexes - it's more fitting to Blockbuster
than mass splashings of the colour blue.
Writer-director Rob McKittrick utilises his experience working
as a waiter in restaurants by using his eternal on-the-job
yarns for a film template. The result? An ensemble sex comedy
about the staff of a medium-range restaurant called ShenaniganZ.
The staff includes a token paedophile prankster who is "the
coolest guy at ShenaniganZ, big f*cking deal! That's like
being the smartest person with Down Syndrome!" (played
by Reynolds), a youngster whose reluctant to accept the life
altering assistant manager job (Justin Long), a scared-witless
new employee (John Francis Daley), and a hypertense waitressing
lifer (Alana Ubach).
And when the staff aren't spitting and adding pubic hair
to unsatisfied customer's returned meals, smoking dope in
the cool room, or trying to get it on with the minors, they're
competing in a game where the goal is to underhandedly induce
your co-workers into looking at your genitals.
Naturally, they spread this one out over the course of the
movie, culminating in a rather 'no thanks' peekaboo of co-star
Luis Guzman's happy sack...
Waiting... is one of the films that will really test
you. Within the film's first half-hour I'm predicting the
almost extinct 'walk out' was a lingering temptation for more
than several of the people in the theatre. Thankfully, the
film does grow on you, as do its eccentric characters, and
you will indeed find yourself laughing at some of its disgustingly
granny-bad gags, so it never comes to that.
Still, that doesn't mean it's a case of too little, too late.
Send mine back, thanks.
2.5 out of 5
Waiting...
Australian release: Thursday the 1st of December, 2005.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, David Koechner,
John Francis, Luis Guzman, Chi McBride.
Director: Rob McKittrick.
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