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.
McKittrick's relentless vulgarity is wearing, but he's a strong visualist who keeps his shoestring-budget film looking fresh.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
7 Oct 2005
rotten:
A puerile excuse for humour, perfectly described by one of the characters, in a rare moment of insight, as 'an exercise in retarded homophobic futility.'
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
7 Oct 2005
rotten:
As in waiting for it to be over.
– Mike Clark,
USA Today,
7 Oct 2005
rotten:
You can do gross-out stuff and be funny, but it has to have some decent dialogue and characters.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
11 Oct 2005
fresh:
The funniest scene is also the saddest: The kitchen crew, having cleaned up, watching the clock like New Year's, goes nuts when a couple is seated a minute before closing. This is pain.