For the closing night of the festival they always show a bigger movie that's about to get a theatrical release. Waitress is no exception, it stars Keri Russell and on May 2nd it will open with a limited release. If I had to place this one in a genre I'd say it's sort of a drama with a lot of light romantic-comedy conventions and a dark streak to keep things interesting. I suppose you could label it a chick-flick but I have to say that I really enjoyed this one and I think it has the potential for broad-based appeal. Russell plays a waitress who is also a pie virtuoso (come on, that's just adorable) in a diner owned by a grizzled old man played by Andy Griffith (who, I was happy to discover, is still alive). The film was directed by Adrienne Shelly who was murdered shortly after the editing of this picture was completed. There are so few female directors working today (and, therefore, even fewer ones who are any good) that, after seeing this, I can say it's a real shame that the world lost this one. Essentially, her last act on this earth was to make a very sweet, funny, and touching film about life. I would recommend that you all see this one, it's a real crowd-pleaser.
Well, that's it. The film festival is over. In two weeks I saw 52 programs (I could have seen 53 but I overslept one day) and none of them sucked. I'm pretty impressed. Sure, a few of them were a little boring but they all had their moments. I'm completely exhausted and I've got a ton of work to catch up on, so I better go.
Oh, and that may be me in the audience pictured below.
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My friend Tanya lived in the same hood as Keri Russel and she said that Keri is a total bitch.
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