This comedic drama is the story of an unhappily married diner waitress (Keri Russell) in a small southern town who finds herself, to borrow another film title, knocked up. Subtly condescending to her controlling, insecure husband, she finds solace in the arms of the town’s dreamy new doctor. “I was addicted to saying things and having them matter to someone,” she confides in a voiceover, by way of explaining her adultery, and of furthering revealing the late Adrienne Shelly’s gifts as a writer. The folksier, more comedic diner scenes reminded me of the 1980s TV show Alice, with Cheryl Hines as the sassy waitress, director Shelly as the dowdy one, and Russell as the (soon-to-be) single mom hoping for something better, perhaps utilizing her skills as a sort of pie auteur. As with that show, there would seem to be too few employees for a diner, but never mind. Well-acted and warm as pie, this is a sweet treat with just enough crust on the outside.
(written 6/15/07)
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