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  • 2009
  • R
  • 7-57 Releasing
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • 7-57 Releasing
  • 1 h 26 m
The Cake Eaters

Summary Living in rural America, The Kimbrough family is a normally odd bunch; Easy, the patriarch, owns a butcher shop and finds himself grieving over the loss of his wife, Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing relationship for years; Beagle, his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by ...

Directed By: Mary Stuart Masterson

Written By: Jayce Bartok

  • 2009
  • R
  • 7-57 Releasing
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • 7-57 Releasing
  • 1 h 26 m

The Cake Eaters

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
60
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
5.4
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Summary Living in rural America, The Kimbrough family is a normally odd bunch; Easy, the patriarch, owns a butcher shop and finds himself grieving over the loss of his wife, Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing relationship for years; Beagle, his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by ...

Directed By: Mary Stuart Masterson

Written By: Jayce Bartok

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
60
40% Positive
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
60
40% Positive
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60% Mixed
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0% Negative
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75
In her first feature film, Masterson creates a slice of life that is very believable (especially if you've ever seen "The Jerry Springer Show") and often endearing.
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75
Masterson, like many actors, is an assured director even in her debut; working with her brother Pete as cinematographer, she creates a spell and a tenderness and pushes exactly as far as this story should go.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
A vibrant, unpretentious small-town tale.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
60
Superior acting elevates a small, overcrowded ensemble piece set in rural upstate New York into something a little deeper and truer than the mawkish disease-of-the-week movie it threatens to become.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
60
There's no kind of wonderful in Mary Stuart Masterson's directorial debut, yet however slight her ensemble drama--about two distressed families in the Rockwellian framings of time-forgotten rural America--maybe, it's at least convincing in its genuine sweetness.
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50
Jayce Bartok--who plays Stanford's irresponsible musician brother--wrote the screenplay, whose central story of doomed young love gets lost amid the overplotting.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW
50
A bland ensemble drama with an unremarkable script that somehow inspired actress Mary Stuart Masterson to make her feature-directing debut. The material doesn't serve her well -- and vice versa.
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5.4
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Production Company 57th & Irving Productions, The 7th Floor, Vinyl Foote Productions
Release Date Mar 13, 2009
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating R
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Tagline life can be as sweet as you make it...
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Awards

Ashland Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Stony Brook Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sedona International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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