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Waiting… [2005]

Director: Rob McKittrick
Actor: Justin Long, Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Luis Guzmán, Chi McBride, Dane Cook

This is a pretty mindless “coming of age” type of film surrounding an Applebee’s/Chilly’s/Bennigan’s type of “restaurant” (I use the quotation marks because I wouldn’t personally call those places restaurants, they’re just a step up from a fast-food place) where people with few ambitions work during the day, before getting drunk, stoned and having casual sex with their co-workers at someone’s apartment after the restaurant closes. One waiter, Dean (Long), isn’t so happy with that life anymore as he finds out that one of his highschool friends just got his BA in electrical engineering and is moving on to bigger and better things. Another, Monty (Reynolds), is very content with his life, but realises that I can’t continue boning highschool girls for much longer without getting caught by the police for statutory rape.

It’s a funny film with a paper-thin storyline, and it offers some notable performances by Guzman and McBride (which were unexpected surprises in this film.) Reynolds does his usual fast-talking smart-mouthing, which is fun from time to times. Watch this when you don’t want to think, and haven’t watched a teen-movie in a while. That’s the only way it’s fun and you’ll laugh. It worked for me. :)