Cake

It doesnt take long to learn the cause of Claires immediate physical pain, but Tobin and director Daniel Barnz (Beastly, Wont Back Down) play coy with the source of her deeper emotional wound, turning a potentially resonant exploration of loss into a hollow game of hide the trauma. ( Read More )

William Goss

This kind of positioning can be a canny maneuver by distributors to draw curious audiences to a modest character study they might not normally seek out, but frankly, Cake isnt remarkable enough to be a part of the conversation. ( Read More )

Joshua Rothkopf

Its a drag to see Aniston doubling down on the kind of sour, embittered role Cake offers, one with very little latitude for her comic chops or her natural way with a seen it all sigh. ( Read More )

Allan Hunter

Cake still has enough ingredients to attract an audience but more on the scale of a select arthouse proposition rather than a mainstream crowd. ( Read More )

Susan Wloszczyna

No good can ultimately come from a movie that is as obsessed with wind chimes as Cake..That constant tinkle tinkle should be a warning that what starts off as a medical drama with a healthy nasty streak wont be able to resist slapping a bandage on all the badness in the end. ( Read More )