Waffle Street (2015)

Strong and Moving!

Boring

best movie i've ever seen.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Having worked in food service this brought back a lot of memories and was completely on target, The main character was a perfect example of somebody learning a whole new world.Food service is one of the hardest jobs out there and one that everybody should experience first hand.There is so much that goes on in food service that the customers never know but should experience first hand.

Shallow, superficial cliché' fest that could be enjoyed by the simplest audience out there. Sat through it just to see how pathetic it would get. It did not disappoint. I was hoping at some point he would hire a personal injury lawyer or file a grievance with the NLRB to enforce company handbook guidelines. How would any evil Wall Street firm hire such a thin skinned, spoiled, clueless child to bilk investors out of millions of dollars? After stealing billions of dollars, this dolt cannot fill out a job application. This financial genius, who has got to be carrying a $5,000 a month mortgage, decides to take a job paying $400 per week before taxes. After an uplifting afternoon of serving pancakes, he decides to sell his car and house to buy the joint without consulting his wife. With such a grasp on economics I would not be surprised to find out that the writer of this film went on to write other hits like Dodd-Frank and the Affordable Care Act. I think Jonathan Grubber definitely deserves a co-credit for this masterpiece.

Serviceable at best. You have to wonder why some movies are made. They don't have any stars or new up-'n-comers, so to speak. They aren't that entertaining, original, or well acted. The characters are bland and blase, acting to boot, of course. However, you may have one well-known actor who's looking for a paycheck late in his career. Well, that's what you've got here, isn't it?We find out that Wall Street is shallow and all about the money. Wow! that's a shocker. We also find out that there are good people eaten up by this nastiness (of course that's what we've got here, thus the movie). And that there are spouses who will support these good people through thick and thin, and that there's minor self- revelations discovered on the down side of all that corrupt success, and we also learn that some good people without money come along and can teach us lessons, lessons that can only be found at the school of hard knocks, not in your local college library. And so on. Anything you haven't seen here before? Story, acting, dialogue, all rather average. Nothing to see here, folks. Same ol' same ol'. Just might want to get your waffles to go. Move along. Next!

Waffle Street is a timely piece about the lessons we all should learn about hard work and rewards. Both of the main characters Jimmy (James Lafferty) and Edward (Danny Glover) have felt the pain of dishonesty and have each taken different roads to restoring faith in themselves while seeing the pressures society places on us all. Danny Glover (Edward) delivers an excellent performance as the friend and mentor to the silver spooned Jimmy who is struggling with understanding what kind of man he wants to be. Great family movie and relevant to children and adults alike. The true story makes it an even better, again proving life is always more interesting than fiction. I give it a thumbs up for the whole family.