| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

In her first feature film, Masterson creates a slice of life that is very believable (especially if you've ever seen The Jerry Springer Show), and often endearing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 10, 2009

There are only so many story threads an ensemble cast can hold.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 27, 2009

These are people whose company you enjoy, in good times and bad. Taking place over a short period of time, it's a small slice of life, yes. But as the title implies, it's a tasty one as well.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2009

With so much junk cluttering movie houses, it is a shame that it took two years for this sweet, intelligent drama to get a release before heading for DVD. But such is the sad state of the movie business.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 13, 2009

Superior acting elevates a small, overcrowded ensemble piece set in rural upstate New York into something a little deeper.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 13, 2009

The Cake Eaters is a bland ensemble drama with an unremarkable script.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 12, 2009

Masterson, like many actors, is an assured director even in her debut; working with her brother Pete as cinematographer, she creates a spell and a tenderness and pushes exactly as far as this story should go.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 12, 2009

The Cake Eaters is a small but rewarding slice of realism that is a nice antidote to the surfeit of slasher movies that have been polluting the ozone lately.

Full Review | Mar 11, 2009

As we fade out with Easy and sons bonding over steak and beers, our cockles are warmed -- the movie forgotten.

| Mar 10, 2009

In The Cake Eaters, first-time filmmaker Mary Stuart Masterson and screenwriter Jayce Bartok attempt to pack a miniseries's worth of familial drama into an 85-minute running time.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 9, 2009