Waiter (2006) Reviews

Since ‘Grimm’ turned out to be rather disappointing, I did lower my expectations for this movie. Fortunately, Alex van Warmerdam made a nice come-back with this movie and, even though it was still far from being his best movie,  I still enjoyed most of it. Basically, it all started as a rather average tale about an average guy who was working as a waiter but, apparently, van Warmerdam was aware that this tale was pretty weak so he added a layer of metafiction on top of it. Well, even though the meta thing was pretty neat, the whole thing became seriously random and, with these scenes,  it was rather hit and miss, to be honest. For example, sure, it was pretty neat that the writer would get involved in his own story but his girlfriend as well? Furthermore, even though I have a weak spot for the lovely Thekla Reuten, I thought it was pretty cheap that they still managed to show her completely naked for no good reason whatsoever. Finally, the whole relationship between Edgar and Victoria was just rather annoying and frustrating and went completely nowhere.  Still, there were some really funny bits here and there and it was really neat that Alex van Warmerdam himself was again playing the lead. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in this director.