Review of Cake (2018) by Tayyab R — 01 Apr 2018

Visually lush and witty, Cake shows that Pakistani cinema is growing up. This isn't a perfect film, by any means, but it's a really good one. The setting is vivid and lived in, clearly a place where ghosts lurk but also people live.

The casting is excellent. A quiet turn by the actor who plays Romeo is my favorite, but everyone involved has a solid turn. Sanam Saeed and Aamina Sheikh in particular do incredibly well portraying the nuanced and complicated love of siblings but with a rich undercurrent of love.

Definitely worth watching if you enjoy rich family dramas.