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Waitress
2007
· Movie
· 108 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1921
- IMDb #2267
- Google retired #2285
- Rotten Tomatoes #1464
- Metacritic #1808
- Letterboxd #1601
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1118
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2208
- Metacritic Critics #1027
- Metacritic Audience #3427
- Douban #1291
- Kinopoisk #3842
- AlloCiné #3908
- Trakt #2810
Every rating
56–89
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 89.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A talented pie maker working in a small-town diner is trapped in an unhappy and abusive marriage. She finds out she is pregnant and begins a affair with her charming new gynecologist. She dreams of using a pie contest's prize money to escape her life, expressing her emotions through her inventive pies.
Details
- Director
- Adrienne Shelly
- Writer
- Adrienne Shelly
- Studio
- Night & Day Pictures
- Released
- 25 May 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $22.2M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →6 wins from 23 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2007 | Best Screenplay | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Andy Griffith | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 | Women's Image Award | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 | Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 | Best Woman Screenwriter | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 | Best Seduction | Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Keri Russell | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
Newport Beach Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Acting | Nathan Fillion | Winner |
| Best Feature | Winner |
Chlotrudis Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Independent Films | Winner |
Sarasota Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Narrative Feature | Adrienne Shelly | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Wyatt Award | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
7 nominations
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Keri Russell | Nominee |
| Best Leap from Actress to Director Award | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| Best Seduction | Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion | Nominee |
| Best Woman Screenwriter | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
| Women's Image Award | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Best Newcomer | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Andy Griffith | Nominee |
Deauville American Film Festival
1 nomination
| Grand Prix | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "Baby Don't You Cry" | Nominee |
Humanitas Prize
1 nomination
| Sundance Feature Film | Nominee |
Locarno Film Festival
1 nomination
| Audience Award | Adrienne Shelly | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Comedy or Musical Film | Nominee |