The Birthday Cake
2021 · Movie · R · 93 min
★ 5.2(62)unSUB Rating
On the anniversary of a family loss, a young man reluctantly delivers a cake to a powerful relative’s celebration. Over the course of a tense evening, old loyalties, buried tensions, and dangerous family ties push his life in a new direction.
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-06-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 5.1/10 (62 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy compact crime dramas built around family pressure and a tense, eventful night, in the vein of American Night or Absolution; Not for you if you want a lighter mood or a more original setup.
Pros: tense family drama; crime-world atmosphere; quick, eventful night | Cons: sparse review consensus; familiar mob setup; potentially grim tone
Cast & crew
Shiloh Fernandez
as Gio
Ewan McGregor
as Father Kelly
Val Kilmer
as Uncle Angelo
Lorraine Bracco
as Sofia
William Fichtner
as Uncle Ricardo
Aldis Hodge
as Eagle
Penn Badgley
as Peeno
Jeremy Allen White
as Tammosa
Ashley Benson
as Tracey
Luis Guzmán
as Jochee
Directed by Jimmy Giannopoulos