Review of Waitress

This comment only covers the first half hour - you can probably guess why. OK, she is pretty and there are some funny lines. But aren't pie recipes a bit, er, boring? And haven't the following clichés been done to death, better, elsewhere? - dishy doctor, tongue tied lover, man bad in bed, irascible but lovable old codger, wacky friend, unlucky in love friend, mean boss, stingy and self obsessed husband? Instead of bringing something new to the party, this film just keeps recycling these tired old clichés in obvious, trite and unrealistic ways. I kept thinking, well, it's a comedy, it's only for fun. But obvious and unrealistic humour to work has to go over the top, like Steve Martin or Leslie Nielsen. Obvious and unrealistic humour about pies and men being meanies is just dull. Especially when it's essentially repeated every five minutes. Maybe it improved after I left. But I doubt it.