Anyone else get the feeling....**spoile rs**
that Michael Rauch might have spent some time in the restaurant biz?
As someone who is in the restaurant biz, I have to give him props for gettin some things right. The lingo was there. In fact, that is why I rented this DVD. I saw "In the Wee....", peeking out from behind another movie. I thought, "No freakin' way! Is that what I think it is?" And sure enough, it was a restaurant movie.
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I was a little dissapointed that the character were overly accentuated. As far as character types, that is. Like the psuedo-homicidal chef. The Vader-like owner. Perhaps hollywood had to make it "sizzle" a little more. I would have been happier with more true to life. And with a title like "In the Weeds", (which, if you don't know, is restaurant-ease for extremely busy) I expected them to be, well, busier. How many smoke breaks can they take? From the title, and my own personal experience, I expected to see a bistro poppin'. But as is stated throughout, it is a dead night. So a few things right (lingo, waitstaff peppered with wannabe artists, and depictions of waiter sidework, lol). And a few things wrong (overkill on character stereotypes, waiters who can't correctly open bottles of wine with over 6 years experience).
Oh, and here is the real reason I suspect Mr. Rauch did a little time in a restaurant: the coup. Every waiter has at some time wanted to revolt against the management/owner. Wasn't bad, very noble, but far fetched imho. Of course, this means I have to get off my ass and rewrite this thing so that it can be properly portrayed. Yeah, right.