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- 2015
- R
- Cinelou Releasing
- 1 h 42 m
- 2015
- R
- Cinelou Releasing
- 1 h 42 m
Summary Claire Simmons (Jennifer Aniston), a woman in a chronic-pain support group, investigates the suicide of a fellow group member, developing an unexpected relationship with the woman’s husband (Sam Worthington).
Directed By: Daniel Barnz
Written By: Patrick Tobin
- 2015
- R
- Cinelou Releasing
- 1 h 42 m
- 2015
- R
- Cinelou Releasing
- 1 h 42 m
Cake
49
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Summary Claire Simmons (Jennifer Aniston), a woman in a chronic-pain support group, investigates the suicide of a fellow group member, developing an unexpected relationship with the woman’s husband (Sam Worthington).
Directed By: Daniel Barnz
Written By: Patrick Tobin
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Metascore
Mixed or average
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
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26% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
68% Mixed
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5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or average
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
49
26% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
68% Mixed
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Aniston works so hard to avoid sentimentality that it's disappointing when it creeps into the film. Director Daniel Barnz casts everything in a blue-yellow light that oversells the melancholy mood.
The one humanizing slice of Cake that is tolerable is Claire’s relationship with her Mexican housekeeper, Silvana (the terrific Adrianna Barraza, who was Oscar-nominated for 2006’s “Babel”).
Directed in moody, downbeat tones by Daniel Barnz, Cake doesn't know when to stop piling on the angst.
Director Daniel Barnz, who also made the unbearably earnest "Won’t Back Down," never wavers in his more-is-more conviction. Perhaps with a better script and in surer hands, Cake could have been salvaged.
To be sure, Aniston leads with her scowl here, in the sort of performance that often gets called “brave” but is, in fact, more accurately described as a well-executed change of pace.
Actually, the whole movie is grim — drearily so.
There’s no doubt that Aniston deserves more roles like this one but, with luck, in less maudlin, more surprising movies.
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Production Company
Cinelou Films,
Echo Films,
We're Not Brothers Productions,
Shenghua Entertainment
Release Date Jan 23, 2015
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Forgiveness is a bitter pill to swallow.
Website
http://www.cakemovie.net/
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Shanghai International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Capri, Hollywood
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
