Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

WAITRESS

One can’t help but use pie related puns here so yes, this film is tarty, sweet and tasty.  It balances hard reality with a fairy tale veneer that creates a perfect balance.  This film has a sweetness and tenderness to it that you almost never find in movies anymore.  It is a lovely, enjoyable and feel good film.  I highly recommend it!  It is painful though in some ways just knowing that Adrienne Shelly was murdered this past November.  She was such a bright talent and will be greatly missed.  The Adrienne Shelly Foundation has been established and is partnering with the industry’s finest academic and filmmaking institutions to assist women in this journey with film school scholarships, production grants, finishing funds, and other invaluable resources.  Click HERE to find out more.

By the way, if you missed it the “Field Trip” was great!  After seeing the film, I handed out some WAITRESS promotional items courtesy of Fox Searchlight which included some chocolate pie mix and a recipie book with some pie recipies from the film!  We went to the Apple Pan, which is the closest thing in Los Angeles to the diner in the film....and yes we ate pie.