The Cake Eaters
2007 · Movie · R · 86 min · ★ 5.6 · 62% critics
After a family matriarch dies, a small-town household struggles with grief, guilt, and the pull of old relationships. Nearby, a teenage girl living with a serious chronic illness pushes to experience life on her own terms, sparking a tender connection that forces both families to confront love, loss, and growing up at any age.
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-04-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (139 votes)
About
If you like intimate, character-driven dramas about family grief, complicated relationships, and first love, this may click, in the vein of Away We Go or Jack Goes Boating; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a tidy, fully resolved ending.
Pros: standout lead performances; heartfelt small-town drama; thoughtful look at love | Cons: uneven dialogue; some threads feel unfinished; may feel slow
Themes
- illness
- woman director
Cast & crew
Kristen Stewart
as Georgia Kaminski
Aaron Stanford
as Beagle
Bruce Dern
as Easy
Elizabeth Ashley
as Marg
Jayce Bartok
as Guy
Miriam Shor
as Stephanie
Talia Balsam
as Violet Kaminski
Tom Cavanagh
as Lloyd
Melissa Leo
as Ceci Kimbrough
Jesse L. Martin
as Judd
Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson