4.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Waiting... (2005)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.7
Overview
Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order and enthusiastic managers who want to build the perfect wait staff. Luckily, these employees have effective revenge tactics.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Overview
Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order and enthusiastic managers who want to build the perfect wait staff. Luckily, these employees have effective revenge tactics.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is a workplace comedy that depicts the daily lives and frustrations of restaurant employees without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or offering a systemic critique or solution. Its focus is on character interactions and the absurdities of the job, resulting in a neutral political stance.
The movie features a visibly diverse ensemble cast, reflecting a typical workplace environment. Its narrative primarily focuses on comedic situations within the service industry, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on specific DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features a character, T-Dog, who is frequently subjected to homophobic slurs and mockery by his colleagues. Additionally, a plot point involves a character feigning gay identity for manipulative purposes. These depictions contribute to a problematic portrayal where queer identity is primarily a source of ridicule and a tool for deception, lacking any counterbalancing positive or affirming elements.
Waiting... includes a scene where a character presenting as female is revealed to have male genitalia, used for crude shock humor. This portrayal frames the perceived identity as a source of mockery and disgust for other characters. The film offers no counter-narrative or critique, thus endorsing a problematic trope and contributing to a negative portrayal of gender non-conformity for comedic effect.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Waiting... is an original film with no prior source material, previous installments, or historical figures. All characters were created for this specific film, meaning there are no pre-established characters whose gender could have been swapped.
Waiting... (2005) is an original film with characters created specifically for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation to establish a canonical race for any character that could then be changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.2
Critic Ratings
2.9
3.0
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