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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This movie seemed like a good way to spend 90 minutes. The description on Netflix sounded interesting. However, the movie comes off as a higher end Hallmark Channel film than something that strives to be innovative.James Lafferty is James Adams, a recently fired financier who is lost for what to do with himself. He wanders into a Waffle House-style diner and gets a job. There he meets several characters who both work at, and frequent, the diner. Danny Glover lends some weight to the proceedings as a cook. The rest of the cast as unknowns or character actors who have done better things. Julie Gonzalo as Mark's wife barely rises above cookie cutter wife from every other movie about a man who has to change his life. She frets about bills, starting a family, questioning his choice of jobs and or ideas for a new career, etc. (It took me a second to recognize Ms. Gonzalo as Amber from Dodgeball. Has it really been fourteen years?).Lafferty has a nice easy going personality, but that was my issue with it. He was so laid back and lackadaisical for someone who just got canned from his career that he came off as comatose. The closest comparison I can make is Peter from Office Space, who was hypnotized not to care. James takes his firing and his lack of direction in stride. I guess he's just a better man than me.At 86 minutes, the movie has a pretty crisp pace. It felt like it needed some more depth and I think some better editing would have worked wonders. Even the supporting characters who are usually nutty and lovable in these types of movies, came off really bland.The movie is based on a book by the real James Adams.

When watching this movie I noticed that it is pretty unrealistic. And was very surprised that it was based on a true story. But of course I don't know how close to the facts this movie was made. But sometimes realism isn't necessary to enjoy the movie. This was the case with Waffle Street for me.I love the movie because it was so kind and feel good. I don't care how "privileged" the main character is. I still enjoyed watching him discover himself and what he wants from life. And I was totally rooting for him to find what makes him happy and achieve his goals.The acting is pretty good. Working in food service before I never was in a situation where people were like one big happy family, but I loved watching it on screen with all coworkers of Jim bringing in their special characters and personality that helped him in his time of self discovery.I loved how it ended and am happy how this movie left me with a feeling of happiness afterwards.

In the end titles we see photos of actual people depicted in an enjoyable, but light weight, story. The amusing idea of a well-to-do financier having to find work serving in a fast-food joint was based on real events. The film chose the feel good option, touching fleetingly on some serious economic issues. People relationships feature, centred on the fantastically lovey-dovey central couple. There are glimpses of other less happy couples. I enjoyed the film because of the humour and the occasional flashes of human dilemmas. I feel more of the people's dilemmas in this context would have made a less humorous but a much better film.

Just finished watching this movie. I wanted to like it. I worked in the restaurant business for 20 years and I was excited by the premise. The first 15 minutes or so really had me going. It then promptly left me "in the weeds." The script was missing the biting loss of status for its main character. There lacked an intensity of a man putting it all on the line, as well as what the true lifestyle of restaurant employees is really like. That would make a really interesting movie.This film's intentions are good, but it is a thin veneer of morality and platitudes about making an honest living. The weak plot twist involving the restaurant owner and our hero was forgettable. James Lafferty simply cannot act. This might not be obvious for those who have never been in the service industry, but many of Jim's responses to customers were filled with repressed hostility. People who live on earned tips don't make a living that way. Someone with business acumen would have a better attitude or pick a different career. Danny Glover had nothing of substance to work with. There were some nice moments, but honestly, this was no honest look at life.