The Cake Eaters

In “The Cake Eaters” superior acting elevates a small, overcrowded ensemble piece set in rural upstate New York into something a little deeper and truer than the mawkish disease-of-the-week movie it threatens to become. The ailment in question, Friedreich’s ataxia, is a progressive degenerative disease of the nervous system. It impairs the speech and coordination of Georgia Kaminski (Kristen Stewart), [...] Vai alla recensione »

The Cake Eaters" is a bland ensemble drama with an unremarkable script (by Jayce Bartok, who also costars) that somehow inspired actress Mary Stuart Masterson to make her feature-directing debut. The material doesn't serve her well -- and vice versa. Set in an small town in upstate New York, the film covers several days in the lives of overlapping families: the blue-collar Kimbroughs -- widower dad [...] Vai alla recensione »