It will be a pity if viewers are too put off by the subject to see Aniston's bravura turn, a tour de force that also tells us something about what we can and can't accept in women's performances, our threshold for unlikability and unprettiness.

| Feb 15, 2017

You hope for the tang of lemon drizzle; what you ultimately get is Madeira, with the proverbial soggy bottom.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 22, 2015

I was in pain during this indie drama, which may explain why I enjoyed it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 20, 2015

Aniston shows quite brilliantly the effect of the constant pain on both her character's body and her mind.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 20, 2015

If I were Jennifer Aniston, I would be fuming. And I would be wondering what exactly I had to do to get an Oscar nomination for best actress.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 20, 2015

As for Aniston, she gives an honest, well-intentioned performance, but it is marooned in an unsatisfying script whose emotional effects are unearned.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 19, 2015

Jennifer Aniston lifts an addiction drama with a committed but never showy performance. It's a pity the rest of the film can't cut as deep.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 19, 2015

A brilliant Jennifer Aniston lead performance isn't enough to save this doughy, maudlin piece of misery porn.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 19, 2015

Whether or not Aniston ever gets another role like this one, I have a hard time imagining anyone else in it -- and that's the sign of a genuine actor.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 2, 2015

The slack and purposeless direction leaves the entire cast emoting in a void.

| Feb 2, 2015

Aniston makes Cake her own movie and its structural shortcomings become of lesser focus and importance.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 28, 2015

The main attraction in "Cake" is Aniston...

| Jan 23, 2015

Jennifer Aniston burrows into Claire's walking-wounded gait and eclipsed mood.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 23, 2015

Cake could have used more layers.

| Original Score: C | Jan 23, 2015

"A thoughtful and frequently moving drama that insightfully illuminates what it's like to live with illness and agony."

| Original Score: 70/100 | Jan 23, 2015

This Cake isn't fallen. It's just a bit deflated.

| Jan 23, 2015

Worth sitting through just to watch Jennifer Aniston pull off a performance of a lifetime.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 23, 2015

Directed in moody, downbeat tones by Daniel Barnz, Cake doesn't know when to stop piling on the angst.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 23, 2015

A misguided therapy dramedy that attempts to portray pain and grief with strained whimsy.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 23, 2015

'Cake' is delicious stuff - low key but affecting, funny while tragic, quirky but never so bizarre it loses you.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 23, 2015