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Cake
2014 102 min United States of America R 12+
★6.1
Drama
Director: Daniel Barnz
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Description
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Budget:
$7M
US Gross:
$1.95M
Worldwide:
$2.36M
Starring
Jennifer Aniston
Actor
Adriana Barraza
Actor
Anna Kendrick
Actor
Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015
— Best Actress
Golden Globe 2015
— Best Actress (Drama)
Key opinion
Cake is a polarizing character study focused on the raw, unglamorous portrayal of chronic pain and grief. While many critics praise Jennifer Aniston's transformative performance, others find the film's narrative sluggish, detached, and emotionally hollow.
| Acting | Jennifer Aniston delivers a transformative, courageous performance that sheds her comedic persona to embody the physical and emotional agony of her character. | |
| Theme | The film offers an authentic, unflinching exploration of how physical scars and trauma drive a person toward isolation and suicidal ideation. | |
| Pacing | The narrative focus on grief and psychological pain results in a slow, meditative tempo that some viewers find immersive and others experience as dull or padded. | |
| Direction | Daniel Barnz's direction is viewed either as a careful, realistic approach to trauma or as a sterile and lifeless execution that fails to engage the audience. |