Cake

"Forgiveness is a bitter pill to swallow."

2014 1h 42m EN

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6.3

MID

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49%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.4

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 951🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●49Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 39,968

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Forgiveness is a bitter pill to swallow.”

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Cast

Jennifer Aniston
Claire Bennett
Adriana Barraza
Silvana
Anna Kendrick
Nina Collins
Sam Worthington
Roy Collins
Mamie Gummer
Bonnie
Felicity Huffman
Annette
William H. Macy
Leonard
Chris Messina
Jason Bennett

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daniel Barnz
Writers: Patrick Tobin
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 34% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Daniel Barnz, shot by Rachel Morrison. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kristina Boden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jennifer Aniston and Adriana Barraza and Anna Kendrick carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Forgiveness is a bitter pill to swallow.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Daniel Barnz directs. Rachel Morrison behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. Kristina Boden cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 34% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
4Directed by Daniel Barnz, shot by Rachel Morrison. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Kristina Boden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jennifer Aniston and Adriana Barraza and Anna Kendrick carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Forgiveness is a bitter pill to swallow.".
9IMDB entry: tt3442006 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rachel Morrison
Original score: Christophe Beck
Editing: Kristina Boden
Production design: Joseph T. Garrity
Costume design: Karyn Wagner
Makeup / hair: Angela Levin
VFX supervisor: Shant Jordan
Sound: Myron Nettinga
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,000,000
Box office: $2,360,281
Return: 34% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Cake (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes: 49% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 49/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 39,968 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

5 wins & 8 nominations total

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Reno2015-08-18
★ 7/10
Aniston at best! Might be this is what I was expecting from Aniston from a long ago. Since break-up with Brad Pitt, probably after 'Marley & Me', she has not given any best performance. This is her best shot to till date, maybe in her whole career. She would have not won, but her snub from the Oscar nominee was not justified. Unlike men, who gets better by aging, women are the opposite. In the old days I used to like Aniston, but nowadays, I don't know. In this film she has done without makeup, well, that's an honest attempt. Not a spellbinding narration, but it was all about Aniston's performance. There are a couple of cameo appearances, well, all the other character in the movie is like a cameo, including Sam Worthington's, but excluding our heroine. Worth watching this only for her performance, not for the story. The past events should have been explained to let us know the truth along with the portrayal of the present. But it was kind of realism, I won't doubt about that, but sometime cinematic needs a proper detail rather than straightforward. Really a good movie, simultaneously not great as to praise the direction or the presentation that slightly missed the opportunity to be an awesome flick. 7/10

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