Review of Cake (2015) by Lowbrowcinema — 27 Jan 2015
Can Jennifer Aniston do no wrong? After seeing CAKE I realized how much I have loved Aniston in every dramatic and challenging role. In CAKE, she captures the small nuances of a troubled, angry, mean, and actually pretty rotten woman.
And yet we have such empathy for this awful contemporary creature. The film has the guts to not tell us why this woman has become who she is. Only organically through moments of conversation and small hints do we find out.
Despite her profound loss and sorrow, she has been abandoned by everyone around you. You would do the same the film has the courage to state. CAKE is a film with a strong position against our new age influenced culture with its focus on closure and "my truth.
" Who gives a damn about you. Life can suck. Grow up. I wish that CAKE were better staying away from Hollywood plot points but these misses do not undermine the overall strengths of CAKE.
This review of Cake (2015) was written by Lowbrowcinema on 27 Jan 2015.
Cake has generally received positive reviews.
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