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Cake

R

Released Jan 23, 2015

1 hr. 42 min.

Drama

Comedy

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49%

131 Reviews

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44%

10,000+ Ratings

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After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman (Jennifer Aniston) who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower (Sam Worthington) of the suicide.

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Critics Consensus

Cake finds Jennifer Aniston making the most of an overdue opportunity to test her dramatic chops, but it lacks sufficient depth or warmth to recommend for all but her most ardent fans.

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Jennifer Anniston & all the cast brought brilliance to this well crafted script - the reality of their tragedies was conveyed without being exploited

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/05/23

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Christine

I loved this movie! I know a lot of people can relate to her chronic pain...Jennifer Aniston nailed it! The whole cast did a amazing job! 👏

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/12/23

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Sean M

Started off okay, but mid-way it just gets lame. Skipped through the last 20 minutes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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corkball

I fell asleep watching this. Twice. I don't know if I can fault Anniston - see seemed fine in it. But neither the story nor the characters were compelling and I nodded off. Tried watching the rest the next night and fell asleep again.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/18/23

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Marypat J

This was one of the worst movies I have seen. It had the potential to be good but they must have left most of it on the cutting room floor. In order to like the main character, there should have been some back story on why she was in the position she was. I kept waiting for it to get good. It just did not happen for me. Just awful. I'm surprised they got so many decent named actors to sign on to such a lame movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Linda C

Well acted and an interesting, but sad story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Daniel Barnz

Director

Jennifer Aniston

Claire Simmons

Adriana Barraza

Silvana

Sam Worthington

Roy

Mamie Gummer

Bonnie

Felicity Huffman

Annette

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Molly Haskell

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It will be a pity if viewers are too put off by the subject to see Aniston's bravura turn, a tour de force that also tells us something about what we can and can't accept in women's performances, our threshold for unlikability and unprettiness.

Feb 15, 2017

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

You hope for the tang of lemon drizzle; what you ultimately get is Madeira, with the proverbial soggy bottom.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 22, 2015

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

I was in pain during this indie drama, which may explain why I enjoyed it.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 20, 2015

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Cake wants to be edgy and genuine, to expose raw and visceral feelings. But it keeps from mining the most searing dramatic soil because, given the nature of the tragedy which it orbits, confronting them head-on may prove uncomfortable to audiences.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 4, 2022

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Nikki Baughan

AWFJ.org

Raw, painful and utterly absorbing, Cake is a powerful and moving study of women truly on the verge.

Oct 7, 2021

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Anne Brodie

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Jennifer Aniston is so nakedly viscerally vulnerable in Cake it hurts. This is her moment.

Oct 7, 2021

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Synopsis

After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman (Jennifer Aniston) who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower (Sam Worthington) of the suicide.

Director: Daniel Barnz
Executive Producer: Jennifer Aniston, Shyam Madiraju, Patty Long
Screenwriter: Patrick Tobin
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Cinelou Films, We're Not Brothers, Echo Films
Rating: R (Language|Brief Sexuality|Substance Abuse)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.9M

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