Cake | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Cake is lacking any of the flavor that would be needed to make this film sweet. The weak screenplay only gives us a sliver of our characters. What we want is an entire piece.

It's refreshing to see the talented actress working outside the studio system in a performance that stands out as one of her best to date. Unfortunately, the rest of the film feels like one big, bland pity-party.

Cake is an emotionally moving film carried by Aniston's sharp performance; however its shallow treatment of relationships means it fails to be more than the sum of its parts.

Cake is mostly a melancholy, tragically stunning film, with a groundbreaking performance by Aniston and enough biting humor and heart to create the perfect balance it needs to make a lasting impression.

Aniston's performance is the essential ingredient that makes the film worth watching even as other elements prove half-baked.