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"WAITING" (2005) (Justin Long, Ryan Reynolds) (R) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Extreme Mild Extreme None Minor Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Extreme None None Extreme Extreme Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Extreme Heavy None Moderate Minor QUICK TAKE: Comedy: Various employees at a chain restaurant go through the day trying to get along, serve their customers and deal with their various personal and work-related issues. PLOT: In his four years of working at chain restaurant Shenanigans, Dean (JUSTIN LONG) has never really questioned his job there or life after high school. Yet, when his mom informs him of a former classmate landing a lucrative job, he begins to wonder. His coworker, Monty (RYAN REYNOLDS), however, has no such personal dilemmas. When not showing new employee Mitch (JOHN FRANCIS DALEY) the ropes, he tries to impress sexy hostess Natasha (VANESSA LENGLES) who's almost 18, all while making jabs at lesbian bartender Tyla (EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI) and dealing with his former lover Serena (ANNA FARIS). She's friends with Amy (KAITLIN DOUBLEDAY) who's now sleeping with Dean who in turn has just been offered an assistant manager job at the restaurant by his boss, Dan (DAVID KOECHNER). He also has a thing for Natasha despite being her boss and old enough to be her father and then some. But Dan has other considerations, such as hostile waitress Naomi (ALANA UBACH) and his busboys T-Dog (MAX KASCH) and Nick (ANDY MILONAKIS) who think they're gangster rappers despite being lily white. And while dishwasher Bishop (CHI McBRIDE) bandies about philosophical thoughts, Calvin (ROBERT PATRICK BENNEDICT) tries to come to grips with being unable to urinate in public and cook Raddimus (LUIS GUZMAN), when not purposefully wiping ready to be served food on the floor or having sex with his girlfriend, enjoys playing a game with the other guys of exposing their genitalia to the others for shock value. As a day in the life of these restaurant employees comes and goes and they deal with all sorts of situations involving mean or demanding customers and more, Dean must decide whether he wants to continue working there, all while Monty and Dan separately try to bed Natasha. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Some probably will if they hear that it's an outrageous style comedy. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R For strong crude and sexual humor, pervasive language and some drug use. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: Considering all that occurs and is said or done, it's doubtful many, if any parents would consider any of the characters as good role models. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a quick look at the content found in this R-rated comedy. Profanity consists of at least 133 "f" words, while plenty of other expletives and colorful phrases are also used. All sorts of sexually related dialogue and some song lyrics are present, a couple has sex in a bathroom stall, other fooling around is present, and casual sex is implied. Men of different ages wish to bed a 17-year-old girl, a woman shows lower full frontal nudity to others (exposing pubic hair), a man exposes part of his penis or scrotum as part of a game in the restaurant (where the men expose those parts of their bodies to other guys in a "gotcha" fashion) and some scantly clad women do highly sexualized dancing. Various characters drink and/or smoke, while various ones do drugs and/or try to get high in various scenes. All sorts of other potentially imitative behavior is present, while various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes (including sexism, homophobia, xenophobia and more). Crude humor is present, while some men kick each other on the rear as part of a game and a guy fantasizes about pouring gasoline on his boss during a fire. If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, there's some shaky handheld camerawork in various scenes. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Various young people drink and do drugs (smoking joints and using bongs) at a party. Amy states that she's hung-over the morning after a party. A joking comment is made that Naomi's pretty nice when she's drunk. The two gangster-wannabe busboys smoke pot in the restaurant's back room. They later have "the munchies." Monty's mom has wine. Trying to shock his mom, Monty says that he got drunk, got disease infected hookers, did drugs and had unprotected sex. A redneck patron orders a shot of whiskey and then says to make it a double shot. After a woman says she's about to write off men, the lesbian bartender -- interested in her -- says "Let me get you another drink." Miscellaneous people drink. Two busboys try to get high by inhaling the propellant from whipped cream canisters. Dan wants to crash the employees' party and asks Natasha about it. She then suggestively states that she's going to be really drunk that night and that she hopes he won't think less of her. Various restaurant employees and others drink and use drugs (using bongs, smoking joints) at a party. A comment is made about getting totally drunk and more at the party. We see a sign that reads "Got herb" (referring to pot), while we see a fake (mannequin) hand with a joint in it. A great deal more drinking occurs at the party, along with more pot use. Raddimus then shows up carrying several six-packs of beer. Dan shows up at the wrong place (for a party) carrying what look like wine coolers. BLOOD/GORE A running joke is about Calvin being unable to urinate in front of others (in the men's room). A middle-aged woman is a mean and demeaning costumer to the wait staff. In response, Monty takes her plate (that she's not happy with) back to the kitchen to "fix it." The guys then take turns doing things to it, such as coughing up a "loogie" into the gravy, one putting the bread down into the front of his pants; another shaking his dandruff into the food and another putting his pubic hair onto the food as "alfalfa sprouts." They then watch as the woman eats the food, unaware of what they've done to it. We see an imagined bit where all of the employees cheer on Calvin as he finally urinates in the men's bathroom (we see the stream). We then see him back in the present where Bishop tells him to relax while thinking about it. That's followed by our view of a large, wet stain on the front of his pants at a party. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Disparaging terms such as "Fag," "Homo" and "Retarded" are bandied about (the gay bits especially by Monty), but not directly at gay or challenged characters (although the overall film is decidedly homophobic), while someone compares something to "That's like being the smartest kid with Down's syndrome." Monty objectifies women. Monty doesn't shake hands with Mitch when they first meet (and after Mitch extends his hand). Monty sets out to corrupt Mitch as quickly as possible, tainting his view of working at the restaurant on Mitch's first day there. Dan tells the wait staff to push the fish since it's about to turn bad. A middle-aged woman is a mean and demeaning costumer to the wait staff. In response, Monty takes her plate (that she's not happy with) back to the kitchen to "fix it." The guys then take turns doing things to it, such as coughing up a "loogie" into the gravy, one putting the bread down into the front of his pants; another shaking his dandruff into the food and another putting his pubic hair onto the food as "alfalfa sprouts." They then watch as the woman eats the food, unaware of what they've done to it. An older patron, who's going senile, says he likes to give "the finger" to kids. Monty then jokes that the good thing about Alzheimer's is that the man gets to meet new people everyday. A man barely leaves Dean any sort of tip, causing Dean to confront the man angrily. Dan (who's her boss and more than old enough to be her father) comes on to Natasha (who's not quite 18). Monty states that regardless if one sleeps with "chicks" or not, there's no need to call them again. After dropping food on the floor, the cook picks it up to serve as fresh. Naomi states that she hates customers who are foreigners. Floyd, who's white, has a bad attitude toward Dean (who's also white) after thinking the latter is getting a promotion. Floyd then does a mock slave bit, singing a stereotypical song while another guy does mock whipping on him. Bishop mentions anger or alcohol management to Naomi over her outbursts, but she replies, "Shut the f*ck up" to him. Monty asks others, "Did you see the t*ts at table 12?" Monty does an impression of Forrest Gump or any other mentally challenged person. Overall, we see that Monty has a thing for underage girls with whom he wants to have sex. Raddimus repeatedly puts food on the floor and then back onto the plate for a late customer who's arrived just before closing. Dean's former classmate announces how much money he's going to be making at his new job and then gives a huge tip to Dean upon leaving, stating that he thought Dean needed it more than him. FRIGHTENING SCENES None. GUNS/WEAPONS We see rifles mounted on a redneck's wall. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "No you f*cking idiot," "Pretty f*cked up, huh?" "F*cking asshole," "F*ck-wad," "F*ck off," "I'm just f*cking with you," "I f*cking hope so," "Old f*ck boy," "Are you f*cking kidding me?" "Am I f*cking nuts?" "I'm really f*cked up," "No f*cking way," "Holy sh*t, I'm a f*cking loser," "F*ck the details," "You're f*cked...not literally," "F*ck you," "What the f*ck-ever," "Chill the f*ck out," "I hate f*cking foreigners," "F*ck you whitey" (said by a white teen -- acting "black" -- to a white guy), "Shut the f*ck up," "F*ck that," "F*ck it," "If anybody asks, I f*cked you...twice," "This is f*cking bullsh*t," "F*cking faggots," "You're the f*cking man," "Bitch ass m*therf*ckers," "Sh*tty," "Bullsh*t," "Sh*t or get off the pot," "Jack-sh*t," "This is horsesh*t," "That is pretty sh*tty," "You're the biggest piece of sh*t," "That was the sh*t," "Huge steaming pile of c*ck," "Just because I dress slutty doesn't mean I'm slutty," "Puss," what sounded like "Nipple tweak," "Jerk you off," "Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't I been inside you?" "The little engine who couldn't hold his load" (sexual), "Slut," "Two in the pink, one in the stink" (sexual), "Did you see the t*ts at table 12?" "Birds of a feather flock to vagina," "On his c*ck-shaped pillow," "Boner" (erection), "I'm horny," "Fag," "Balls" and "Nuts" (testicles), "Bastard," "Bitch," "Dawg," "Dumb ass," "Retarded," "No chance in hell," "Screw that," "Welcome to thunder-dome, bitch," "What the hell?" "Jackoff," "Pissed," "Shut up," "Chick," "Be-atch" (bitch), "Bitch ass," "Freaked," "Leak" (urinate), "Take a piss," "You guys suck," "This is bull-crap," "You all suck," "That's like being the smartest kid with Down's syndrome" and "Eat my nuts." Some couples do some sexualized dancing at a party. Being a smart aleck but also referring to the "game" the men play, Monty asks Mitch how he feels about male frontal nudity. Monty then explains the game which consists of the men doing various things with their penis and/or scrotum with the goal being to do unnatural things with them and then catch another coworker by surprise by getting them to look at that. The person who's then caught looking gets kicked in the rear multiple times. There are many references to and attempts of this throughout the film. The white busboys dress, act and talk like stereotypical rapper thugs. Talking about the genital exposure game, Raddimus holds a raw chicken leg to his crotch like a penis and then holds chicken skin down there as a substitute for a scrotum in showing how to stretch out that skin. A cook has multiples piercings on his face and various tattoos on his skin. A middle-aged woman is a mean and demeaning costumer to the wait staff. In response, Monty takes her plate (that she's not happy with) back to the kitchen to "fix it." The guys then take turns doing things to it, such as coughing up a "loogie" into the gravy, one putting the bread down into the front of his pants; another shaking his dandruff into the food and another putting his pubic hair onto the food as "alfalfa sprouts." They then watch as the woman eats the food, unaware of what they've done to it. A patron belches. After dropping food on the floor, the cook picks it up to serve as fresh. The cook, Floyd, holds some tongs up to his mouth and flicks his tongue between them, emulating oral sex. Raddimus licks his tongue suggestively at his girlfriend who shows some cleavage. A guy comments on the bowling ball grip on women, stating "two in the pink, one in the stink." Some high school girls smoke on several occasions. Floyd, who's white, has a bad attitude toward Dean (who's also white) after thinking the latter is getting a promotion. Floyd then does a mock slave bit, singing a stereotypical song while another guy does mock whipping on him. Two busboys try to get high by inhaling the propellant from whipped cream canisters. One of busboys fantasizes about there being a fire in the restaurant and him pouring gasoline or something similarly combustible on Dan (but nothing else comes of that). Monty does an impression of Forrest Gump or any other mentally challenged person. Some jokes are made about the name Chlamydia. Raddimus repeatedly puts food on the floor and then back onto the plate for a late customer who's arrived just before closing. Mitch gives "the finger" to Monty with both hands. A redneck scratches his clothed crotch (wearing underwear). JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) None. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) Various songs on the soundtrack and performed rap songs in the film contain an extreme amount of profanity, sexually related lyrics, drug related lyrics and violent, gangster-related lyrics. PROFANITY At least 133 "f" words (10 used with "mother," 1 used sexually as is the term "do"), 32 "s" words, 17 slang terms using male genitals ("d*ck," "c*ck," "c*cks*cker" and "pr*ck"), 2 using female ones ("p*ssy"), 1 for breasts ("t*ts"), 22 asses (12 used with "hole"), 14 hells, 5 damns, 3 S.O.B.s (1 mouthed), 1 crap, 11 uses of "G-damn," 6 of "God," 4 of "Jesus," 2 of "Swear to God" and "Oh God" and 1 use each of "My God," "Oh Jesus" and "Oh my God." SEX/NUDITY Dean wakes up in bed and is surprised to see Amy, saying he forgot she was there. He appears to be nude under the sheets or at least shirtless. Some couples do some sexualized dancing at a party. Monty says that yes, he indeed is a pervert, with Natasha saying that she's only a minor for another week. Being a smart aleck but also referring to the "game" the men play, Monty asks Mitch how he feels about male frontal nudity. Monty then explains the game which consists of the men doing various things with their penis and/or scrotum with the goal being to do unnatural things with them and then catch another coworker by surprise by getting them to look at that. The person who's then caught looking gets kicked in the rear multiple times. There are many references to this throughout the film. We see a flashback to Monty's first day at the restaurant where he was a "victim" of the penis/scrotum game. He walks into another part of the restaurant and apparently sees everything up above him (we only see the man's bare legs), but Monty comments on seeing a "huge steaming pile of c*ck." Serena sarcastically comments that she'd be amazed if Monty and the others could go five minutes without talking about their genitals. About their questionable game of exposing their penises/scrotums to the other guys in the restaurant, Monty says that he's not gay, but will stick a finger up the "ass." He then sarcastically states that he's seen Tyla (the lesbian bartender) stick more than a finger (making a gesture with his hands of "fisting"). We see Monty shirtless with his pants riding quite low in the front (but nothing's seen). Raddimus' girlfriend, Danielle - who shows cleavage -- says that just because she dresses slutty doesn't mean she is. Raddimus mentions something about some guy having sex with underage girls. Monty tells the lesbian bartender that whenever he looks at her, he wishes he was a lesbian. She replies that when she looks at him, she's glad she is. Talking about the genital exposure game, Raddimus holds a raw chicken leg to his crotch like a penis and then holds chicken skin down there as a substitute for a scrotum in showing how to stretch out that skin. Trying to shock his mom, Monty says that he got drunk, got disease infected hookers, did drugs and had unprotected sex. He then says his relationship with Serena was based on orgasms. His mom asks if he had safe sex, with him replying that he did by pulling out. His mom then dejectedly says that's what his father did as well. Monty then says that's why he sticks to anal sex, with his mom saying if only she had been so lucky. Raddimus shows Mitch more positions and techniques for the penis/scrotum exposure game (but we don't see anything explicit). Some male patrons find Serena alluring and sexually joke about her waitress-based comment about taking care of them at the restaurant. After a woman says she's about to write off men, the lesbian bartender -- interested in her -- says "Let me get you another drink." About Natasha, Monty says something about her having (what sounded like) a Scooby-Doo tongue. Talking about Dean, one of her coworkers asks Amy, "Haven't you slept with him the past five nights?" About Amy, Monty says he'd probably "do her" and that he'd probably even pay. We see a flashback explaining why Calvin has a problem urinating in public. We see him standing next to a man at urinals where the man stares down at Calvin's crotch (we don't see what he sees). Calvin apparently shows his penis or scrotum to Raddimus as part of their game, with Raddimus saying in disgust that it's so veiny (we don't see it). Monty tries to justify his desire to have sex with Natasha (who's not quite 18) by saying that he'll be preserving the rights their forefathers fought for. Dan (who's her boss and more than old enough to be her father) comes on to Natasha (who's not quite 18), with her playing along, saying she likes older men while suggestively running her hand along a hand rail on her check-in station. A comment is made about what sounded like a "nipple tweak." A person tells Calvin, "You're f*cked...not literally." Monty comments on one of the guys going home and masturbating, using that person's tears as a lubricant. Raddimus' girlfriend complains of him trying to get her to "jerk you off." We then see flashbacks of him trying to do that at a funeral and then at a movie theater where we see that he has her hand at his clothed crotch, but we don't see any other related activity/contact. Monty states that regardless if one sleeps with "chicks" or not, there's no need to call them again. Monty and Serena get into an argument that turns into jabs about his sexual performance, all after he sarcastically tells her, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't I been inside you?" She then sarcastically comments on him barreling into her with his child-sized penis and then something about him climaxing on her. He replies that he played her vagina like a violin, with her replying that he was the little engine who couldn't hold his load. She then adds that the only pleasure she got from their sex life was telling her friends afterwards about how bad he was. The cook, Floyd, holds some tongs up to his mouth and flicks his tongue between them, emulating oral sex. Raddimus licks his tongue suggestively at his girlfriend who shows some cleavage. Natasha shows some cleavage. Raddimus pulls down his pants and then squats, waiting for someone to come in and see him that way (as part of their game), but nobody does (and we don't see anything explicit). A guy comments on the bowling ball grip on women, stating "two in the pink, one in the stink." Monty asks others, "Did you see the t*ts at table 12?" The lesbian bartender makes a comment about a penis looking ridiculous. Referring to lesbians, a guy states that birds of a feather flock to the vagina. Raddimus tells his girlfriend that they should go out to the car to have a little sex. But when they get out there, others prevent that, so they return to the restaurant and look for a place. He finally suggests the bathroom, but she initially refuses. He eventually convinces her and we then see them having sex standing up in a stall with visible movement (but no nudity) and related sounds, with her telling him to hurry and we then hear their orgasmic sounds as the two busboys open the stall door and take a picture of them. Overall, we see that Monty has a thing for underage girls with whom he wants to have sex. We see some miscellaneous cleavage. Bishop makes a comment about their penis and scrotum game leading to improved morale at the restaurant that then lead to more sales and more money for the employees. He then tells Dean to create his own "penis show" and then adds "metaphorically." After a woman says she wants the hot pink center (referring to her food), Monty replies (sexually), "Don't we all?" Raddimus shows what looks like his bent penis (no tip) or part of his scrotum to others as part of the game. To get back at the guys for their penis and scrotum game, Naomi suddenly shows her full pubic hair to all of them. We see several views of that (with some sort of foreign matter in her pubic hair), followed by Calvin saying that his penis is now just for show after seeing that. Monty drops some innuendo to a woman by saying "You're making it hard...difficult." Dan wants to crash the employees' party and asks Natasha about it. She then suggestively states that she's going to be really drunk that night and that she hopes he won't think less of her. A comment is made about Dan being at home on his "c*ck shaped pillow." Monty gets onto a bed with Natasha and they make out (at a party). Natasha starts removing her shirt (we see cleavage), but Monty stops her before anything else comes off, saying they should wait until she's really eighteen. As he leaves, however, he tells her that if anyone asks, "I f*cked you, twice." Amy comments on Dean being unable to "get a boner." Mitch shows his penis and/or scrotum to the others at a party (they see it, but we don't). A redneck scratches his clothed crotch (wearing underwear). During a closing credits number where the busboys perform a gangster rap song, we see most if not all of the ladies in very skimpy and/or tight attire, dancing about in various sexual fashions (as would normally occur in such music videos), including like strippers and shaking their butts at the guys (with the camera occasionally being on their butts). SMOKING Bishop smokes at least 6 times, Serena and Naomi each smoke several times and various miscellaneous characters smoke in various scenes, including some underage high school girls several times. TENSE FAMILY SCENES None. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT What life is really like behind the scenes at a restaurant. Raddimus' girlfriend, Danielle - who shows cleavage, says that just because she dresses slutty doesn't mean she is. Monty states that he feels no guilt. Casual sex. Drug use and trying to get high via various means. VIOLENCE As part of their game, Calvin kicks Raddimus on his clothed butt. One of busboys fantasizes about there being a fire in the restaurant and him pouring gasoline or something similarly combustible on Dan (but nothing else comes of that). Monty kicks Mitch on the butt as part of their game. There are some playful kicks to the butt during another bit of the game. Reviewed September 22, 2005 / Posted October 7, 2005

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