Review of The Waiting Room (1996) by Kristin R — 21 Mar 2012

I need to quibble with Colleen's review, because she completely missed the relationship tangles here. Yes, the seemingly uncaring husband, mean to his wife, is also cheating on her with the female neighbor next door. That woman has a child, from her former husband, with whom she quarrels and gets little support. Meanwhile, the other young man (who works in the old folks home) does not live "next door" to anyone -- he in fact lives with a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WOMAN in another part of town entirely...she just happens to also have blonde hair, and looks a little bit like the other character.

The uncaring, cheating husband character is NOT a psychotherapist...he is actually unemployed, is a "house husband," and has been offered a job that he does not want. The psychotherapist is a visitor to their home for one evening, who is being "set up" as the date for the single woman who is having the affair with the husband.

Colleen obviously did not enjoy the film, but I am wondering if her confusion about just who is who in the darn thing in a small way contributed to her negative reactions. I found it charming and quite realistic, and was not bothered at all by the slow movement of the script, which calls for the viewer to pay attention to the subtle changes that make all of these characters more human, and more sympathetic, by film's end.

Jimeddy.