Waiting: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 6 reviews

30%

RottenTomatoes: 96 reviews

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Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

34

The rest of the laughs (when they eventually arrive; the first half hour is kinda bleak) are mostly scraped from the pit of your roiling stomach.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

20

A witless farce about working at a chain restaurant that belongs in a circle of gross-out hell somewhere below Porky's and slightly above Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Love.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

25

As in waiting for it to be over.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

It's lewd, crude and socially irredeemable.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

38

Teenage boys will be in heaven. All others: Check, please.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Darren Reidy Village Voice (Top Critic)

The funniest scene is also the saddest: The kitchen crew, having cleaned up, watching the clock like New Year's, goes nuts when a couple is seated a minute before closing. This is pain.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

25

Rob McKittrick's sour debut is such an obvious candidate for the direct-to-video shelf, someone will surely be demoted for sending it into actual theaters.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

50

The cast compensates by serving steaming-hot plates of gonzo enthusiasm, kicking things along with unhinged gusto even when Waiting stalls in anecdotal nothingness.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

38

The characters in Waiting... seem like types, not people. What they do and say isn't funny because someone real doesn't seem to be doing or saying it.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Allison Benedikt Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

25

Remember Office Space, with Jennifer Aniston as a flair-wearing Chotchkie's waitress? See, writer/director Mike Judge got his chain-dining establishment just right.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

38

An ugly piece of work.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

59

If you're looking for a hefty serving of rude fun with a side of light meaning, order up Waiting.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

70

As someone who spent time in a steakhouse kitchen, I can say Waiting . . . comes close to reality, especially with its cast of characters.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Dennis Harvey Variety (Top Critic)

The wait for laughs lasts the entire length of Waiting ...
Full Review » 7 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

25

The sophomorically crude comedy Waiting... confirms your worst suspicions about both the staff in chain restaurants -- and indie filmmakers desperate to be noticed.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

60

Waiting makes us wait too long between laughs. But its sly awareness of the people and the work might transport you back to that Pizza Hut, Olive Garden or T.G.I. Friday's in your own "Order up!" past.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)

20

A puerile excuse for humour, perfectly described by one of the characters, in a rare moment of insight, as 'an exercise in retarded homophobic futility.'
Full Review » 7 years ago
Sheri Linden Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Between a couple of funny scenes and a bunch of unfunny gags, there's not much going on in Waiting ....
Full Review » 7 years ago
Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

30

The cast sells the occasional one-liner, but a Reynolds smirk can take you only so far.
Full Review » 7 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

63

...a spare premise that's utilized to surprisingly positive effect...
Full Review » 1 year ago
Heather Boerner Common Sense Media

40

An undercooked, overdone raunchy comedy.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed

Full Review » 3 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

42

Luis Guzman is especially funny as a sex-crazed head cook obsessed with a staff game that becomes a centerpiece of the film's humor.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Christopher Smith Bangor Daily News (Maine)

34

Some jokes hit their mark, but mostly in "Waiting%u2026," what you're really waiting for is inspiration.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago