YOU'LL NEVER DINE OUT AGAIN.Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Critic THE IDEA of dinner and a movie becomes a more gruesome proposition with ``Waiting,'' an unfunny gross-out comedy about a bunch of frustrated young people working in a TGI TGI Tribunal de Grande Instance TGI Target Group Index TGI Thank God It's Friday (US restaurant chain) TGI Tracheal Gas Insufflation TGI Tumor Growth Inhibition TGI Trato Gastrointestinal (Portugese) Friday's-style restaurant. If the idea of eating doesn't turn your stomach after watching the steady stream of bodily fluids cascade through this movie's defiled de·file 1 tr.v. de·filed, de·fil·ing, de·files 1. To make filthy or dirty; pollute: defile a river with sewage. 2. kitchen, then you've either got an iron stomach or have spent a lifetime eating the hot menu at gas station mini-marts. Filth - be it in the kitchen or the punch lines - is something I can handle. One-note, laugh-free filth is another thing entirely. As one waitress puts it: ``If you guys could go five minutes without referencing your genitalia genitalia /gen·i·ta·lia/ (jen?i-tal´e-ah) [L.] the reproductive organs. ambiguous genitalia , I'd be amazed.'' I didn't have a stopwatch for ``Waiting,'' but I doubt 60 seconds goes by without some dude flashing, referencing or grabbing his private parts private parts n. men or women's genitalia, excluding a woman's breasts, usually referred to in prosecutions for "indecent exposure" or production and/or sale of pornography. . ``If heterosexual men can't show their (penises) to each other, what are we doing here?'' asks Monty (Ryan Reynolds Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23 1976) is a Canadian actor. He came to prominence in the television sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (1998–2001), before establishing a career as a Hollywood motion picture actor, starring in both comedic and dramatic roles. , doing his smug thing again), the crew's self-anointed laugh-riot specialist. It's a good question that Monty poses. The answer - aside from a healthy dose of homophobic humor and recycled restaurant jokes - is: not much. Monty works at ShenaniganZ along with earnest Dean (Justin Long), public-restroom-phobic Calvin (Robert Patrick Benedict), surly Naomi (Alanna Alanna may refer to:
We should also mention the stoner ston·er n. 1. One that stones. 2. Slang a. One who is habitually intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. b. One who is a delinquent or failure. , would-be-gangsta busboys (Andy Milonakis and Max Kasch) and Luis Guzman's head cook Raddimus, the man behind the movie's long-running central joke: The Game. In The Game, dudes flash their privates at other dudes. If the other dude looks, you get to kick him in the butt. Somehow, food manages to get served through all this, though I didn't see much hand-washing during the course of all the Game-playing while dinner was being served. Among the cast, Ubach alone acquits herself. Playing the bitter waitress who, through a lot of neck cracking and facial muscle facial muscle n. Any of the numerous muscles supplied by the facial nerve and that attach to and move the skin. Also called muscle of facial expression. strength, manages to turn her perpetual scowl into a strained smile in the presence of customers, Ubach creates a character we've all seen, someone who'd rather be anywhere but waiting. You can't help but relate. Glenn Whipp, (818) 713-3672 glenn.whipp(at)dailynews.com WAITING - One star (R: strong crude and sexual humor, pervasive language, some drug use) Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Alanna Ubach. Director: Rob McKittrick. Running time: 1 hr. 33 min. Playing: In wide release. In a nutshell: Desperate, unfunny comedy about genitalia-obsessed idiots waiting tables. Should have strong post-theatrical life as a diet-inducer. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Justin Long, left, and Ryan Reynolds portray restaurant employees in the unfunny ``Waiting.'' |
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