caught Waitress with Quin today. gorgeous Keri Russell of lovely locks and wide eyes i've loved since Felicity heydays. i'm a fan. and it's nice to see her in a comeback role that's widely received with praises. she plays a repressed waitress stuck in a marriage and cafe, with pie-making her only relief, until Dr Pammeter came along.
what was most ironic was how the director passed shortly after this film. She plays a supporting role in the movie as well. Adrienne Shelly, while bringing humour to the dimwit and naive role she plays, also directed this movie with sensitivity. the characters were well-loved thou flawed, except for mayb the damn husband. but hey, he's succeeded by making us hate him. those 'dear baby' monologues felt like Keri Russell's character in Felicity, when earlier in the seasons she use to record her 'dear Sally' thoughts into tapes and send them over to her voice pal/best friend (Sally of cos). Sally wld usually reply when the episode's gonna end, with highly quotable one-liners that rounds up every cherry feeling inside. While Quin saw the negative msg of how a marriage, no matter how loving one party is, will inevitable lose its spark and sag, spinning off into love affairs and the need to have babies to spark it up, Joe's "start fresh" was wat hit me the most. i'm glad the film didnt not encourage having extra marital affairs (although they did have a fling going on). and i'm glad the ending was one everybody wld love. wats not to love a cute girl in a yellow dress.
for me, there was an element of surprise. i didnt know what was gonna come, whether the cuckold husband was gonna find out the affair, or whether Jenna was teethering on spending the rest of her life stuck in a broken marriage. on top of the fortune-cookie rosy lines, the smart, subtle twists and surprises (oh that kiss!) are what really made me love this film.
how ironic it is too.
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