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- 2023
- PG-13
- Amazon Prime Video
- 2 h
- 2023
- PG-13
- Amazon Prime Video
- 2 h
Summary Inspired by true events (and the book of the same name by Audrey Shulman), Sitting in Bars with Cake follows best friends Jane (Yara Shahidi) and Corinne (Odessa A'zion) navigating life in Los Angeles in their twenties. Corinne, the ultimate extrovert, convinces her shy-but-extremely-talented home baker best friend Jane to commit to a ye...
Directed By: Trish Sie
Written By: Audrey Shulman
- 2023
- PG-13
- Amazon Prime Video
- 2 h
- 2023
- PG-13
- Amazon Prime Video
- 2 h
Sitting in Bars with Cake
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Summary Inspired by true events (and the book of the same name by Audrey Shulman), Sitting in Bars with Cake follows best friends Jane (Yara Shahidi) and Corinne (Odessa A'zion) navigating life in Los Angeles in their twenties. Corinne, the ultimate extrovert, convinces her shy-but-extremely-talented home baker best friend Jane to commit to a ye...
Directed By: Trish Sie
Written By: Audrey Shulman
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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70% Positive
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20% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
64
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
An appropriate mix of levity and devastation, Sitting in Bars with Cake is a heartwarming journey about endless support, friendship, and appreciating life.
Sitting in Bars with Cake is exactly what you think it is from the name alone: a happy-go-lucky coming-of-age movie about people who sit in bars with cake. It is sweet but, like a good cake, never too sugary and indigestible.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
33% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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IN A NUTSHELL:The film is based on the real-life cookbook "Sitting in Bars with Cake" by Audrey Shulman.Inspired by true events, Sitting in Bars with Cake follows best friends Jane (Yara Shahidi) and Corinne (Odessa A'zion) navigating life in Los Angeles in their twenties. Corinne, the ultimate extrovert, convinces her shy but extremely talented home baker best friend Jane to commit to a year of baking cakes and bringing them to bars with the goal of meeting people and developing confidence - which they call "cakebarring." During their year of "cakebarring," Corinne receives a life-altering diagnosis, and the pair face a challenge unlike anything they've experienced before. Sitting in Bars with Cake isn't only a madcap joyride through some of L. A.'s most colorful watering holes, it's a moving celebration of female friendship, forging identity, and finding joy in the most unexpected places.THINGS I LIKED:Yara Shahidi and Odessa A'Zion really knocked it out of the park in their roles in this movie. Well done, ladies! I really enjoyed both characters and loved their opposites-attract friendship.Bette Midler! Yes! I just wish we could have heard the Divine Miss M. Sing the closing song or something!Corinne's parents are hilarious and played by Ron Livingston and Martha Kelly. Their characters are so clearly defined and offer a nice balance to the other characters in the film.Poppin soundtrack, which is appropriate since several characters work in the music business in the **** ARE going to get hungry for cake watching this. Mmm....cake.I didn't watch the trailer, so I was worried that the whole movie would just be about trampy girls hooking up with guys they met in bars, but it's so much deeper and better than ****, you will **** the end of the movie, we get to see photos of the real people this movie is about. I always love **** was entertaining to see which funky outfit Odessa A'Zion's character would wear next.THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE:It's annoying that all of Jane's friends get so excited and congratulate Jane for making out with a complete stranger in a bar. Movie Review MOM advice: Get new friends if the ones you have encourage you to be a **** film is advertised as a rom-com, but I wouldn't call it that at all. Girls hook up with guys and break up. That's not romance to **** prepared for a switch in tone from lighthearted fun in bars to serious drama.SPOILER: It doesn't make sense that Jane brought cakes to bars in order to meet a nice guy. When she does find a great guy, she breaks up with him so she can continue baking cakes in order to meet a nice **** you hadn't seen the trailer or knew nothing about the film, you might assume it was a movie about a lesbian relationship based on the movie poster alone. It's not.TIPS FOR PARENTS:LOTS of alcohol.A LOT of scenes in barsProfanity, including 1 F-bombPeople get high on weed.Some crude humor and situations.Talk of an inappropriate photo on a cell **** LGBTQ+ flag is featured many times.Single people sleep together (we don't see anything though)
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Não tem como não gostar de um filme correto e é justamente isso que esse filme se propõe. Baseado em uma história real sobre a amizade de duas amigas, uma boleira nata, enquanto outra uma jovem simpática e extrovertida, ambas dividem a moradia enquanto trabalham e buscam suas qualificações profissionais, até que uma delas recebe o repentino diagnóstico do câncer.
Acredito que há muitos méritos aqui, desde a edição que não fez com que o filme perdesse o ritmo, mesmo nas partes mais intimistas e dramáticas, até mesmo da produção caprichada dos figurinos, nos detalhes dos bolos e os efeitos e designs diferentes para acompanharmos a jornada, até mesmo a esperta trilha.
Um momento muito bonito do filme é no karaokê, que embora seja um padrão bem clichê nos filmes do gênero, as meninas se falaram com um olhar, e realmente a química entre elas é muito grande, botando no chinelo muitos casais de filme de romance (embora seja possível criar expectativas nesse sentido aqui, mas de fato é um filme sobre amizades).
Outra coisa que muito me agradou é que apesar de uma ou outra derrapada nos diálogos, em especial dos personagens secundários (muito mal aproveitados, inclusive), é nítido o esforço em humanizá-las, e de fato é interessante ver como o roteiro não esconde a limitação material delas, a construção profissional. Nesse sentido me lembrou também o simpático "Namoro ou liberdade" com Zac Efron, na mesma pegada porém com enfoque masculino: são filmes indies, escapistas, mas que preservam uma base material de seus personagens em construção, de uma adolescência meio que **** em busca de um posicionamento do mercado, ao mesmo tempo em que discutem seus relacionamentos já típicos de uma sociedade líquida.
As partes com o câncer poderiam até ser mais didáticas, não entrou em detalhes da doença e do tratamento, mas também conferiu um peso que fugiu ao melodrama barato, e com esse tom empregado o filme cria um aspecto de dignidade sem ser apelativo, o que é muito bom, afinal ninguém aguenta mais filmes tão melosos quanto "A hora da estrela" ou "A cinco passos de você".
Embora o peso das atuações tenha méritos, a produção realmente está de parabéns, edição ágil e cortes de câmera no timing, além do trabalho em conjunto das meninas que provou, a cada take uma ligação abissal à trama. Trish Sie, a diretora, consegue um excelente resultado aqui. Por exemplo, veja-se a cena em que as protagonistas discutem na rua, nas mãos de outra direção tinha tudo para ser o mais piegas possível, mas aqui está visceral, as palavras contidas, o sentimento que ambas perpassam, uma demonstrando cuidado e zelo, sabendo que a doença da amiga é devastadora, a outra querendo viver e tornar tudo mais lírico e menos pesado do que de fato é, então, há uma confluência para resgatar em cada diálogo a personalidade de ambas, nada soa absolutamente gratuito.
Um ótimo filme para passar o tempo, mas também para se emocionar. Embora não apresente nada de revolucionário, é um filme que facilmente pode levar às lágrimas, e o fato de ser baseado em fatos reais deixa a experiência melhor ou mais emocionante ainda.
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The time spent establishing Jane’s and Corinne’s bond pays off by always keeping their scenes on the heartfelt side of maudlin.
What truly makes Sitting in Bars with Cake work are the standout performances from Shahidi and A’zion.
The cake part of the story feels imposed, a problem since it is the film's organizing principle. It is a tribute to the two young actresses and the supporting cast that this caring friendship survives the artificial cakebarring.
Where Jane feels thinly sketched in pastels, Corrine’s portrait has been detailed in bright permanent markers. A’zion roils with emotions and her character is funny, mercurial, reactive and real.
The sad stuff works, just not well enough to make tears well up. And wasting Midler and Livingston in middling roles with almost no funny things to say or play is just the icing on the you-know-what.
The story, although it is not entirely new, has something that makes it attractive even though its first 30 minutes lack rhythm. The second hour is the one that attracts the most attention and has the greatest emotional charge. Its biggest attraction is the cake parade, of course.
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Sitting In Bars With Cake
Based on a cookbook of the same title, this is a tale of friendship, cakes and hospitals. Jane (played by Yara Shahidi) concocts a plan of bringing cakes into bars to distribute to patrons as a way of meeting new people, and potentially a lover. A hitch occurs when her best friend, Corrine, is diagnosed with brain cancer.
The movie does a good job of showing the friendship at the core. Yara Shahidi isn't a well-rounded actress, and it was very apparent in this movie. The inclusion of chuckles and laughs in most of her lines was irking. Odessa A'zion as Corrine was a delight, and her shoulders deftly carried the weight of the duo. The supporting cast isn't very memorable but satisfactory.
There's nothing inherently amazing about Sitting In Bars With Cake, but the emotional core is enough for one-watch.
5.5/10
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Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
