Shelly deftly achieves a tone pitched between fantasy and reality, its levity belying an astute and humane study of an unhappy relationship steeped in inertia.

Funny, gentle, unpatronising, if occasionally naive and quirky.

Waitress is not a perfectly cut, factory-line Safeway-brand slice. It does, though, serve up a generous deep-dish portion, homemade and heartfelt, that leaves a sweet taste goes down.

For many millennial women, the film is the life we are trying to build right now, nearly two decades later, divorcees, empty-nesters, and perimenopausal, too. Finally, looking to create our own "pie shop" in life.