This is quite a good movie.

It is a film about determining what the character and extent of one’s relationship to love is going to be in this life. We are presented with a spectrum of characters, each struggling more or less successfully in this regard, and by the end the sum total of their interacting struggles is really moving and poignant. The film avoids cliche almost entirely, quite a feat given it genera and its basic storyline.

Waitress is billed as a comedy, and it does have funny parts, but I found the film to be a rather weighty experience – it’s not like an episode of Alice – this is serious, good stuff, very well written, and decently acted.

Very highly recommended!