Wow! Fantastic! Another great movie for the year!

Waitress is a charming, witty, and funny movie from the late writer/director Adrienne Shelly. It’s heartbreaking that she was taken from this world so early but she left us with a great film.

Jenna (Keri Russell) is a waitress at the local pie shop who is a genius pie-maker but is unfortunately in a very bad marriage. She is saving money to leave her controlling husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto) but unfortunately she finds out that she is pregnant and now believes she will never get away. Can Jenna find her way to happiness? That’s the question of the film, not just for Jenna but for many of the film’s characters.

The writing is very smart and funny and the actors deliver great performances. I loved all the names for the pies Jenna comes up with and the quirky romance between Dawn (Adrienne Shelly) and Ogie (Eddie Jemison) is hilarious!

I can’t rave enough about this film … it’s well worth the time and money! Go see it!

As a side note, a foundation has been set up in her name to support other women filmmakers … The Adrienne Shelly Foundation.