Here's what critics had to say about Jennifer's indie/drama film '
Cake' with criticism from Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and IMDb:
Review aggregation website
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 49% based on reviews from 110 critics with an average rating of 5.8/10.0.
Rotten Tomatoes critic consensus states: " '
Cake' finds Jennifer Aniston making the most of an overdue opportunity to test her dramatic chops, but it lacks sufficient depth or warmth to recommend all but her most ardent fans." Positive reviews from
Rotten Tomatoes include: "Whether or not Aniston ever gets another role like this one, I have a hard time imaging anyone else in it - and that's the sign of a genuine actor." - said critic J.R. Jones of the Chicago Reader. "The main attraction in '
Cake' is Aniston." - said critic Leonard Maltin of Leonard Maltin's Picks. " '
Cake' is worth sitting through just to watch Jennifer Aniston pull off the performance of a lifetime." - said critic Susan Wloszczyna of RogerEbert.com. Negative reviews from
Rotten Tomatoes include: "Beyond sly method in which it keeps viewers guessing at Claire's circumstances, the screenplay often fails this otherwise finely-assembled film" - said critic Austin Trunick of Under the Radar. "Nothing about '
Cake' is remotely tempting or sweet." - said critic Claudia Puig of USA Today. "Unsure of whether it wants to be a comedy or tragedy, '
Cake' meandors along an awkward middle path." - said critic Peter Howell of the Toronto Star.
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| "Jennifer pulls off the performance of a lifetime." - Susan Wloszczyna of RogerEbter.com |
According to
Metacritic the film got a score of 49 out of 100 based on reviews from 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Positive reviews from
Metacritic include: "What makes Aniston, of all actresses, especially right for '
Cake' is that her comedy has always had a certain ruefulness underlying it, and understanding of life's limits, a kind of glum acceptance. So the transition into sadness and desolation is a natural step for her." - said critic Mick LaSelle of the San Francisco Chronicle. "A comedy that barely flirts with funny and a grim weeper that never quite raises a tear, '
Cake' has one thing going for it - Jennifer Aniston." - said critic Roger Moore of Movie Nation. "If you can't see where this is going, you've probably never seen a movie before. But the script plods on, complete with an ending that futilely tries to tidy up the scenario strands. Miraculously, Aniston maintains our rooting interest." - said critic Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine. Negative reviews from
Metacritic include: "Here Aniston suffers every manipulative cliche and contrivance in the tearjerker playbook. She works hard, and it's painful to watch." - said critics Peter Keough of the Boston Globe. "There's no doubt that Aniston deserves more roles like this one, but, with luck, in less maudlin, more surprising movies." - said critic Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post. "True, Aniston does maybe her best film work to date in '
Cake', but it's definitely not her best film." - said critic Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times.
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| "Cake will leave you uplifted and inspired." - Mike Williams of Live For Films |
IMDb the internet movie data base gave '
Cake' 6.5 stars out of a 10.0 star rating based on 25,917 votes from 131 users and 154 critics. Positive reviews from
IMDb critics include: "Life's a pain for Jennifer Aniston's Claire, but her deadpan comic timing is a joy for us." - said critic Jason Best of Movie Talk. " '
Cake' addresses an unusual subject unevenly. It's biggest success may be in giving casting directors the idea that Aniston's got more to give than her filmography would suggest." - said critic Laura Clifford of Reeling Reviews. "At the end of the day, '
Cake' at least stands better as a showcase for the potential dramatic chips of the once and future Rachel Green than it does as the latest life-affirming indie." - said critic William Gross of the Austin Chronicle. "Regardless, the main reason to seek out '
Cake' is for Aniston's genuine and dyname performance, full of emotional distress." - said critic Joe Baker of Dallas Film Now. Negative reviews from
IMDb critics include: "Daniel Barnz's '
Cake' is a movie that deserves to be dinged for a lack of ambition and novelty." - said critic David Bax of Battleship Pretension. "Aniston's performance is strong and unglamorous, but suffice it to say, would have been put to better use in a more worthy picture." - said critic Andy Kaiser of Andy's Film Blog. " '
Cake' will leave you (marginally) uplifted and inspired in small doses, but its melancholic atmosphere is relentless as its, at times, wobbly narrative feels like an ongoing struggle with no real progression, which is what we're perhaps meant to feel in order to even begin to relate to Claire's hellish, guilt-ridden existence." - said critic Mike Williams of Live For Films.
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