Waitress, no doubt, walks along a path populated by years of sitcoms and cutesy romantic concoctions, but there’s a genuineness that sets apart the sassy friends, wise old codgers and the men-are-dogs-until-the-right-one-comes-along mentality. Shelly doesn’t shy away from the threat of violence which lurks around Earl’s every scene, but also doesn’t turn it into a nasty cautionary tale either. Waitress is more optimistic and gives us characters like Eddie Jemison’s nerdy, impromptu poet and Andy Griffith (yes, Mayberry’s own) as the cantankerous diner owner with a heart to assure us that hope comes in all forms and usually not on the surface.

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