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Waiting... - Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Anna Faris, Rob McKittrick

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Movie propaganda

What happens in the kitchen ends up on the plate.

A hilarious comedy about frustrated waiters, stingy tippers and dicey food, Lions Gate Films' Waiting... stars Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long as young employees battling boredom at Shenaniganz, a generic chain restaurant.

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

Featuring crazy bus-boys, unsanitary kitchen antics and lots of talk about sex, Waiting... is a hysterical, behind-the-scenes look at the restaurant industry, and an affectionate ode to those lost, and thoroughly unproductive, days of youth.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film comedy restaurant chain waiter waitress loser

Persons of interest

Ryan Reynolds .... Monty
Justin Long .... Dean
Anna Faris .... Serena
Robert Patrick Benedict .... Calvin
Emmanuelle Chriqui .... Tyla
Robb Conner .... Bernardo
Dane Cook .... Floyd
John Francis Daley .... Mitch
Kaitlin Doubleday .... Amy
Skylar Duhe .... Girly
Wayne Ferrara .... Rocco
Luis Guzmán .... Raddimus
Max Kasch .... T-Dog
David Koechner .... Dan
Jordan Ladd .... Danielle
Vanessa Lengies .... Natasha
Chi McBride .... Bishop
Andy Milonakis .... Nick
Alanna Ubach .... Naomi
Rob McKittrick .... Screenwriter
Rob McKittrick .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Waiting... official movie site
Waiting... film production notes
Waiting... QuickTime movie trailers:

Small * Medium * Large

Awards and film festivals:

Toronto International Film Festival 2005: Screening

cf. Restaurant
See also Employee of the Month
Studios and distributors:

Lions Gate Films * Hoyts Distribution

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Everything you see in Waiting... is true. The psychotic bitch who has been working at the restaurant too long, the guy who's too good for the job, the psychotic chef, the addition of bodily fluids to meals of customers who complain. The 5-second rule.

*Shudders*

Even though Waiting...is not hugely funny it is still entertaining, especially if you have ever worked in the restaurant industry, because you will see your friends there. Or even yourself.