Cake (Jennifer Aniston) - Blu-ray Forum

djgeneral · 01-28-2015, 10:44 PM

Cake is a 2014 American drama film written by Patrick Tobin, directed by Daniel Barnz, and starring Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Anna Kendrick, and Sam Worthington.

Aniston portrays a woman who has visions of a woman in her chronic pain support group who died by suicide. As she uncovers the details of the suicide, she grapples with her own personal demons.

Aniston's performance has earned nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award.

Thought this was incredible! Anyone else enjoy it?

AaronJ · 01-29-2015, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by djgeneral

Cake is a 2014 American drama film written by Patrick Tobin, directed by Daniel Barnz, and starring Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Anna Kendrick, and Sam Worthington.

Aniston portrays a woman who has visions of a woman in her chronic pain support group who died by suicide. As she uncovers the details of the suicide, she grapples with her own personal demons.

Aniston's performance has earned nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award.

Thought this was incredible! Anyone else enjoy it?

Well, your review has re-invigorated my urge to see it. But at this point I'm sort of waiting for it to arrive on Netflix/HBO.

Glad you liked it.

Rinzler · 01-29-2015, 03:27 AM

I was lucky enough to attend a screening and the film really is great, I hope it finds an audience via VOD (though I would prefer this to happen through Blu-ray!).

djgeneral · 01-29-2015, 04:10 AM

I thought it was one of the best of the year. Shocked by the low critic reviews though.

MikeScott · 01-29-2015, 04:52 AM

I really liked it. Worth seeing for Aniston's performance alone. She was great. So was Adriana Barraza. I thought Sam Worthington was charming in it as well.

8/10 (B+)

noapologies · 01-29-2015, 01:58 PM

I didn't expect much, but this was surprisingly entertaining. Aniston is as good as advertised.

MikeScott · 01-29-2015, 06:18 PM

Seems like everyone here is enjoying it more than the critics.

s2mikey · 01-29-2015, 06:56 PM

Wow - Jennifer Aniston actually made a movie that required her to act versus a BS comedy or rom-com? Holy freegin crap. Im sure she isnt that good in it but anything is better than what you usually get out of her acting-wise which is ZERO.

Great.

jwerk · 01-29-2015, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Wow - Jennifer Aniston actually made a movie that required her to act versus a BS comedy or rom-com? Holy freegin crap. Im sure she isnt that good in it but anything is better than what you usually get out of her acting-wise which is ZERO.

Great.

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all

How can you be "sure she isn't that good in it"? She may not be Meryl Streep, but she's done some solid work. Have you seen The Good Girl?

djgeneral · 01-29-2015, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Wow - Jennifer Aniston actually made a movie that required her to act versus a BS comedy or rom-com? Holy freegin crap. Im sure she isnt that good in it but anything is better than what you usually get out of her acting-wise which is ZERO.

Great.

She's incredible in this.

LynxFX · 01-29-2015, 07:26 PM

Aniston was pretty good in this but the movie felt like something that should be on Lifetime. Just didn't get into it, way too over dramatic for me.

burner xxx · 01-29-2015, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by LynxFX

Aniston was pretty good in this but the movie felt like something that should be on Lifetime. Just didn't get into it, way too over dramatic for me.

+1

Wasn't for me.

AaronJ · 01-29-2015, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Wow - Jennifer Aniston actually made a movie that required her to act versus a BS comedy or rom-com? Holy freegin crap. Im sure she isnt that good in it but anything is better than what you usually get out of her acting-wise which is ZERO.

Great.

You do realize that you need to act in rom-coms (no matter how much I generally dislike them) too, right?

format916 · 01-30-2015, 11:10 AM

i agree its a lifetime movie. i like jennifer aniston. along came polly is the best!

Ray O. Blu · 02-05-2015, 10:01 PM

Just saw Cake with the wife.
Jennifer Aniston was remarkable in her portrayal of a depressed, chronic pain sufferer. She really hit it on the nail with her performance.

Difficult film to watch, as my wife is a chronic pain sufferer for many years and
I take care of her in much the same way Consuelo does in the film.
I understand that there are some amazing performances in the Best Actress category this year, but Aniston should've easily been nominated for the role of her lifetime, so far!

P.S. If there's anything remotely close to this showing on the Lifetime channel, I'm gonna have to start paying attention to that channel!!

LegacyCosts · 02-05-2015, 10:16 PM

The Good Girl and Aniston's performance were really underrated, I'd be interested in checking this one out.

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01-28-2015, 10:44 PM	#1
djgeneral Moderator Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Michigan 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:605 DVD collection:239 Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:161	Cake (Jennifer Aniston) Cake is a 2014 American drama film written by Patrick Tobin, directed by Daniel Barnz, and starring Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Anna Kendrick, and Sam Worthington. Aniston portrays a woman who has visions of a woman in her chronic pain support group who died by suicide. As she uncovers the details of the suicide, she grapples with her own personal demons. Aniston's performance has earned nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award. Thought this was incredible! Anyone else enjoy it? Last edited by djgeneral; 01-29-2015 at 07:14 PM.

01-29-2015, 03:27 AM	#3
Rinzler Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:43 Blu-ray collection:940 DVD collection:142 Trading Score:1	I was lucky enough to attend a screening and the film really is great, I hope it finds an audience via VOD (though I would prefer this to happen through Blu-ray!).

01-29-2015, 04:10 AM	#4
djgeneral Moderator Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Michigan 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:605 DVD collection:239 Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:161	I thought it was one of the best of the year. Shocked by the low critic reviews though.

01-29-2015, 04:52 AM	#5
MikeScott Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Minnesota Trading Score:503	I really liked it. Worth seeing for Aniston's performance alone. She was great. So was Adriana Barraza. I thought Sam Worthington was charming in it as well. 8/10 (B+)

01-29-2015, 01:58 PM	#6
noapologies Senior Member Member since:Dec 2012 Blu-ray collection:320 DVD collection:254 Digital collection:186 Trading Score:19	I didn't expect much, but this was surprisingly entertaining. Aniston is as good as advertised.

01-29-2015, 06:18 PM	#7
MikeScott Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Minnesota Trading Score:503	Seems like everyone here is enjoying it more than the critics.

01-29-2015, 06:56 PM	#8
s2mikey Banned Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Upstate, NY 4K collection:130 Blu-ray collection:303 Trading Score:40	Wow - Jennifer Aniston actually made a movie that required her to act versus a BS comedy or rom-com? Holy freegin crap. Im sure she isnt that good in it but anything is better than what you usually get out of her acting-wise which is ZERO. Great.

01-29-2015, 07:26 PM	#11
LynxFX Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007	Aniston was pretty good in this but the movie felt like something that should be on Lifetime. Just didn't get into it, way too over dramatic for me.

01-30-2015, 11:10 AM	#14
format916 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2011 Location:South Florida 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:497 DVD collection:429 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	i agree its a lifetime movie. i like jennifer aniston. along came polly is the best!

02-05-2015, 10:01 PM	#15
Ray O. Blu Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 Location:The £ßÇ 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:50 Trading Score:6	Just saw Cake with the wife. Jennifer Aniston was remarkable in her portrayal of a depressed, chronic pain sufferer. She really hit it on the nail with her performance. Difficult film to watch, as my wife is a chronic pain sufferer for many years and I take care of her in much the same way Consuelo does in the film. I understand that there are some amazing performances in the Best Actress category this year, but Aniston should've easily been nominated for the role of her lifetime, so far! P.S. If there's anything remotely close to this showing on the Lifetime channel, I'm gonna have to start paying attention to that channel!!

02-05-2015, 10:16 PM	#16
LegacyCosts Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2013 Location:Chicago 4K collection:177 Blu-ray collection:455 Trading Score:20	The Good Girl and Aniston's performance were really underrated, I'd be interested in checking this one out.

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