Reviews for this film from our members:
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Aniston so completely dons the scarred skin, battered bones and deep depression of Claire, one forgets one is watching the former star of TV’s ‘Friends.’ With the Oscar-nominated Barraza in a strong supporting role, Aniston is the frosting this misshappen “Cake” needs.
- M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: It puts us at a disadvantage for comprehending Claire, and it puts Claire at a disadvantage for becoming a recipient of our sympathy.
- Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: ‘Cake’ contains a marvellous performance by Jennifer Aniston, but being the best part of a film can sometimes be a disservice.
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Pass up this flaky, underwhelming confection…
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: What’s admirable about Cake is that it doesn’t feel the need to make its main character warm and fuzzy. She’s a prickly individual damaged by grief and her temperament reflects that.
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Occasionally more drab than insightful, “Cake” takes its sweet time getting to the humanity of the damaged lead character, but Aniston’s against-type performance is the most satisfying piece of the film to be worth talking about.
- Kristin Dreyer Kramer @ NightsAndWeekends.com
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Has a brilliant lead performance from Jennifer Aniston, yet that performance is surrounded by tiresome clichés and contrivances torn straight out of the Independent Filmmaking 101 handbook.
- Nell Minow @ The Movie Mom
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Let them eat…
- Pat Mullen @ Cinemablographer
- Excerpt: Going from the darkest horse of the race to the number one snub isn’t an easy feat and Oscar/film history might be kinder to Aniston’s turn in Cake since she missed out with the Academy. Enjoy Aniston’s work in Cake as a strong performance in its own right and not simply as another box to tick off on the Oscar cheat sheet.
- [New – 7/2/15] | Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: É apenas por ser um filme feito para um público específico, como homenagem às vítimas da dor crónica, e portanto os tratar alternadamente ou como uns coitados ou como uns heróis, não se decidindo sobre qual perfil quer, e não sendo honesto sobre a normalidade que existe em pessoas que no fundo são como nós.
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: The screenplay here, written by Patrick Tobin is free of gimmicks and emotional trickery. He’s written a story that has a nice flow. It doesn’t feel gummed up, but is thin enough to let the characters breathe.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Many fine ingredients–not least the performances of Aniston and Barraza–have gone into making this ‘Cake,’ but it leaves one wishing that the end result had been more uncompromising.
- Ron Wilkinson @ Monsters and Critics
- Excerpt: Jennifer Aniston does something completely different in this potboiler of a psychodrama and succeeds marvelously.
