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Sunday, March 14, 2010 7 p.m.

Waitress is both more and less than it appears on the surface. If it seems like a conventional feel-good “chick-flick” comedy, it certainly is all that—but it has a darker, less cheerful tone as well. The comedy comes from waitress Jenna’s offbeat names for the amazing and delicious pies she bakes, but the darker side is the result of her unannounced pregnancy. The radiant Jenna (Keri Russell) just happens to be married to a controlling and unsympathetic husband, Earl (Jeremy Sisto) whom she dreads raising a child with. Joe (Andy Griffith) is the owner of Joe’s Pie Diner, where Jenna and her two waitress friends (Cheryl Hines and Adrienne Shelly) work and discuss their problems with the men in their lives. To complicate matters for Jenna, her married doctor (Nathan Fillion) is both handsome and understanding. This wonderful film manages to be warm and human without being overly sentimental or predictable.

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COST: Free
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Division of Arts and Humanities
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