Waiting. .

Year: 2005

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: McKittrick

Review

it’s like a mix of office space, clerks and animal house, but not as good as any of those. the opening minute or so has two great things going for it: the opening song is by lyrics born (who attended UC Davis with blackalicious and DJ Shadow) and luis guzman, while at a party, yells “well if this is going to be that kind of party i’m going to stick my dick in the mashed potatoes.” the beastie boys sample this line on ill communication, but i’m not sure where they got it from. at any rate, it was a good way to start the film. it’s got a pretty stacked cast from andy milonakis to ryan reynolds. it’s full of juvenile humor, much of which surrounds male anatomy. some of the juvenile stuff works and some of it doesn’t. the real laughs, for me at least, came from the representation of the service industry. i could empathize with working in the customer service industry and ways employees in the industry deal with the job. it’s sort of an american rite of passage these days. everyone under 40 on this side of wall street has likely held a customer service job at some point and can understand the unique culture the industry creates. it’s not a stellar film, but it’s got a solid cast and its representation of the customer service industry is pretty spot on. a fun, cathartic comedy.

Watched in theater