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Keri Russell, Adrienne Shelly, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Cheryl Hines

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vala p

The fellas mentioning they want to seek out more with the writer/ director hit like a brick since the beautiful Adrienne Shelley wrote this movie and played Dawn and was tragically killed before it was released so she never saw it's success. I'm sure they've already looked into it, but It's a sad story for anyone new to it.

Jennifer H

The musical wasn't released until 2015. It is based on this movie which was both written & directed by Adrienne Shelly who was murdered in her office apartment by an illegal alien in 2006. There is a documentary about her titled "Adrienne" which is available on HBO Max if you are interested in learning more about her.

ScarlettMi

Fox Searchlight became Searchlight Pictures after the Disney acquisition. They put out Poor Things, A Complete Unknown, All of Us Strangers, The Menu, A Real Pain, etc. They're still making films.

Naomi Bronner

I know musicals are known for being bright and peppy but there are actually quite a few that are pretty dark. Waitress isn't one of them, I'd say it's about as dark as the film it’s based on, in that it also features domestic violence (though I think there are fewer scenes directly depicting DV in the musical, but it's definitely still there). But the point is, musicals aren't all upbeat and fun. Off the top of my head some really dark musicals are Cabaret, Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd, Passion, The Scottsboro Boys, Parade, Urinetown, Assassins, and there are certainly more. Also, even musicals that aren't quite as dark all the way through can still end quite tragically, like you guys saw with Fiddler. Anyway, I like the Waitress musical. It’s not a masterpiece of the genre or anything but the songs are fun and poppy and a lot of the dialogue is taken directly from the original film. The musical hasn’t been adapted into a film, it has a pro-shot (a theatrical production that was filmed professionally). The pro-shot isn’t my favorite, mainly because it stars Sara Bareilles. Bareilles wrote the music for the show but she didn’t originally star in it. The part of Jenna was originated by Jessie Mueller who was incredible in it. Bareilles is fine I guess, she’s better in the comedy scenes, but she really doesn’t sell the sadder moments for me. She’s not anywhere near as good an actress as Keri Russell or Jessie Mueller (I’ve seen her in bootlegs of the show, she really is fantastic). And with a part as big as Jenna, the lead actress being weak is kind of a big problem. But the pro-shot is still fine I guess, other than that. I just wish we could’ve gotten the original cast.

acidnova

I see that some previous commenters have already written about some of the more important points so I won't reiterate them here. This is one of the movies on the list that I was really excited to see! It's such a delightful movie even though it does deal with some challenging themes. But the presentation is so lovely and breezy that it makes everything more palatable (pun intended). I particularly enjoyed all the overhead shots of the unique pies as she describes what's in them. It's a simple little device but it works so well. I always wish I had some pie to eat when I watch it.

san

I haven't seen this in years but I've always loved the detail that she tells Earl to fuck off BEFORE she learns about the money. Oh, and the little girl who plays Lulu at the end is Adrienne Shelly's actual daughter, which is just the sweetest thing.

Adam Grant

This one's a pleasant surprise, I love how humanistic this movie is. Are Jenna and Becky and Dr. Pomatter a little bit of bad people for cheating? Yeah. Is Ogie a little creepy and stalkerish? Yeah. Is Joe a little curmudgeonly? Yeah. But I think the movie takes the stance that's life, and to accept a little ugliness sometimes. Everyone is redeemable, except Earl, Earl is pure evil lol. So tragic about the director

Naomi Bronner

Anyway, here you can see both Bareilles and Mueller each sing a part from the most famous song from the musical "She Used to be Mine". This clip is from the Tony Awards, and the song takes place right after Earl finds out that Jenna's been hiding money and she lies and tells him it was for the baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erjdq6wwRuU

Erin

Was the ‘illegal alien’ comment really necessary? Your comment would’ve made the point without adding that tidbit.

Jennifer H

The murderer made his legal status an issue when he claimed it was the reason he killed her. He said he was robbing people to pay the coyotes who brought him here & he killed her to prevent her from calling the police.

Erin

This is such a cute movie. Keri and Nathan are great in it and have great chemistry! Jeremy Sisto was also in Six Feet Under for almost its entire run. Ya’ll need to check that show out, it’s fantastic.

Suzanne Whyte

Did the writer name the abusive husband Earl after the “Goodby Earl” song by The Chicks? Every time the guys were thinking up ways for Jenna to murder him I thought of that song.

arthistorian

Has anyone asked you to react to Keri Russell in The Diplomat (Netflix) yet?

Courtney

Six Feet Under is possibly my favorite show ever, I think the guys would really enjoy it. There’s so many actors/writers/etc. that have been seen on the channel. Not sure how it would do for the channel, but definitely worth checking out in their personal time, if nothing else.

Erin

You could’ve easily just said ‘migrant’ 🤷‍♀️

Erin

Agree with you there-I’m not sure how it would do here but it’s such a great show. I never thought anything could top The Americans for me, but Six Feet Under is awfully close!

Carl Wilson

You could've easily just said killed by a thief in her apartment. Lots of people are killed during break-ins and they all have different motivations they might bring up. In 2026 "killed by an illegal alien" is like a chip laid down on the side of ICE raids to prevent crime by migrants - who (aside from their undocumented status) commit crimes at a much lower rate than American citizens do. And who are targeted by ICE regardless of whether they've committed crimes or not (including the two innocent people who have been killed recently).

Kt B

“She Used to be Mine” always makes me cry. It doesn’t matter who sings it. It’s so poignant.

Youtalkingtome

Oh wow. Yeah okay that makes me really happy to hear

Gail Hislop

‘Jeremy Sisto, he was a thing for a time’ - um still is guys! Lead in FBI tv series for the past 8 seasons, but he also did a cracker of an underrated comedy called Suburgatory for 3 seasons from 2011 with Jane Levy and Cheryl Hines. He’s an awful character in this tho! Five minutes in and you guys rooting for violence for him to the end had me laughing every time you said what you’d like to happen to Earl! 🤣 I saw the comments about Adrienne Shelly (Dawn and the writer/director) and the absolutely awful tragedy of her death and its circumstances, that I hadn’t known of and it made watching this so much sadder. It’s such a beautifully written and directed movie. So lovely that Joe saved the day for Jenna and she’d already told Earl that she was done with him as soon as she saw Lulu and realised her strength lay in the love for her. Great reaction guys! Ohh also excited to hear you mention you are going to get to Firefly!!! You will love it! And again I’m putting in another request for you to do The Diplomat with Keri just crushing it in the lead. I’m rewatching it right now and having done your West Wing and Mrs Maisel reactions and knowing your love of great production and direction and locations and great scripts, I can already hear you exclaiming over it.

Carl Wilson

Commenting before actually watching the movie that I thought there was a bit of a wink to the Felicity hair controversy with all the wigs in The Americans - and I *think there might have been a time that the kids didn't like some new haircut she had, but I could be misremembering (i.e. making that up).

Carl Wilson

It's hard to watch this film remembering what happened to Adrienne Shelly. People mentioned the killing but let's talk about her life: She first made her name in the 80s as an actress-muse to Hal Hartley, who was one of the big directors of the 80s-90s indie wave, one who I feel like was too quickly forgotten by following generations. Not that he's stopped (he had a movie last year) but his work is smaller and softer-spoken than the likes of Tarantino. I can tell you a lot of us Gen X indie film lovers liked Hartley more. (She was in films like Trust and The Unbelievable Truth.) But then, unlike a lot of such actresses, she graduated to making her own work, I imagine with his endorsement and support. And then a shitty random robbery-killing happened. Her husband established a foundation in her name that has given quite a bit of support to young female filmmakers since then, including some future Oscar winners like Chloe Zhau. And then of course there's Waitress's long legacy with the musical etc.

Carl Wilson

That birth scene feels like it could only have been directed exactly like that by a woman.

Carl Wilson

Feels like the ending plays down the actual threat of an abusive guy like that, but within its genre of non-tragic comedy-drama, it goes about as far as it can. It's hard to believe that she could keep living around there and have a happy ending. But Earl is made to seem weak enough - not just a constantly violent abuser, which is what he really seems like - that we can buy he might just back off. I'm okay with it. Less happy that it gives *another stalker a happy ending with Dawn.

Carl Wilson

Final comment - we don't get enough of Nathan Fillon's POV to understand why he had the affair. I like that the movie doesn't make his wife look bad just to give him an excuse. But he clearly had overwhelming feelings and we don't know why, and the movie is not interested - it's only interested in Keri Russell's story, really. Which is refreshing. I appreciate your speculating but he's clearly a good enough guy that there might be another story there, but it's just not part of our story. Which is part of how this movie is gender-flipped from a conventional story when a woman (including a married woman) just wants our hero for one reason or another that nobody questions.