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20/20 Filmsight - May 2007

Waiting

May 30th 2007 18:34

I rarely review terrible movies, unless they're fresh out of the gate and I want to warn people away from them. It's quite a departure for me, then, to review Waiting, a 2005 comedy about the 'wacky' and 'zany' world of hospitality.

It's full of kooky characters! And hilarious pranks! And wild antics! Ooooh, and lots of sexual intrigue. Yum yum.

It's awful, from start to finish, despite the popular actors in the movie:

Ryan Reynolds, the Van Wilder guy.

Anna Faris, the Scary Movie girl.

Justin Long, the 'I'm a Mac' commercial guy.

Luis Guzman, the guy who always plays an ugly Latino.

Dane Cook, a comedian that I don't like, and one that steals from Louis CK.

Yep, it's a pretty young, hip cast, aimed at nailing the 18-22 demographic. It tries to play all the angles, with a little bit of romance, a little whiny self-introspection, and a lot of obvious humour.

The whole thing is a predictable mishmash of cliche and obvious moments. Why did I sit through the entire broken-glass obstacle course?

Ah, for notable Montreal actress, Emmanuelle Chriqui. Oh, Lord, is she stunning. Sublime! Born into a Jewish Moroccan family, she's all dark-skinned and elegant, so out of place among the lesser mortals in the film. She plays a lesbian, fleetingly, for a couple of scenes.

It's almost worth it, just to see her in the movie, to sit through torturous monologues by Ryan Reynolds, reprising the same character he does in every movie, the edgy, funny, ladykiller with the tousled hair and the weird looks.

God, this was bad.

Instead of concluding remarks, let me just use some bathroom words to impress upon you the gravity of seeing this movie: poo-poo. Pee pee. Ding dong. Tinkle. Whizz, plop, galump.

I say: I work at a cafe in Sydney, and I can say - with certainty - that it's almost always more amusing to wash dishes and wipe tables than sitting through this steaming piece of filmacular excrement.

See it for: If you're really not interested in fabulous Moroccan lesbians from Montreal, then I suppose you might coincidentally laugh at one of the jokes. No more than one, though, or you must be sub-human.

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Comment by Philip Sharp

May 30th 2007 18:48

ICONOCLASTEROID
Tokenspark: Super Capsule Tokyo Blast!!!

I really like the way you provide a mnemonic after all your actors and actresses. I can never remember the names of people from various loci of stardom, but when you contextualize them like that, I then have the cathartic "Awwwww, yeaaaaah, that guuuuy!" experience. Sweet!

Phil

Comment by Cibbuano

May 30th 2007 21:24

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Phil, that's how I remember them, too. I saw Joy Luck Club recently, and I said 'Who's that one actress' and my friend said 'That's the asian girl from Friends that Ross almost married' - and I was ashamed that I understood.

Comment by Damo

May 30th 2007 21:39

For the Sake of Argument
My Apologetics

Maybe you should have reviewed it as a horror film.

Comment by peeker

May 30th 2007 22:31

Film Peek Forum

Hey Cib.

Certainly not great, but amusing for what it was. =)

//peeker

Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner

May 30th 2007 23:54

Cibby,

that'll work for me!

Lmfao!

Great review!

Take care,

Nick

Comment by KylieW

May 31st 2007 03:35

Celebrity Obsession

Cibby,

Yeah, might give this a miss (though I do love Ryan Reynolds).

'Who's that one actress' and my friend said 'That's the asian girl from Friends that Ross almost married' - and I was ashamed that I understood.

Hahahaha.....I must admit that I knew exactly who you were talking about.

Kylie

Comment by Kleonaptra

May 31st 2007 06:30

Kalikapsychosis

Yep Cibby, you do it well....Such expression!
Even if I AM a fan of lesbians from montreal (I have a penpal from there!) I have no plan to watch excremant...

Comment by JohnDoe

May 31st 2007 11:38

Film & TV on DVD

Emmanuelle Chriqui almost makes it worthwhile....almost

Comment by Cibbuano

June 2nd 2007 12:33

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I forced myself to watch the entire thing, in case there was more Emmanuelle... no luck, though...

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