A beautiful, bittersweet tale...

| Oct 26, 2023

Ofir Raul Grazier expertly guides an excellent cast through a thoughtful film that questions the labels that shape our lives.

| Dec 7, 2022

At its heart is a love story that transcends countries, sexuality and life itself, but you'll just wish it got its skates on.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2021

It is, in fact, a painfully lovely drama handled with very astute performances and superb directorial control-which is needed...

| Oct 15, 2020

A cleverly woven and honestly rebellious look at the very essence of the term "identity" and what it means to us.

| Sep 4, 2020

The Cakemaker is a beautiful portrait of love in its many forms.

| Jul 24, 2020

It's to the credit of the small cast that the film's slow pace doesn't become oppressive

| Jun 1, 2020

An intriguing and atmospheric drama from the debut of the middle-aged Israeli writer-director Ofir Raul Graizer.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 23, 2020

[A] simple, yet monumental debut film.

| Mar 20, 2020

It's comforting like a sweet dessert.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2019

There is no word in our lexicon for the conundrum so tenderly and lovingly, yet truthfully plated in The Cake Maker, not one, not one hundred.

| Mar 1, 2019

A delicate film that perfectly encapsulates love in its many forms, never favouring one story over another.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2019

First time feature film director and screenwriter Ofir Raul Graizer has, like his main character Thomas, managed to make a delicious film/cake with simple ingredients. It really is all in the construction/baking.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2018

A thoughtful and moving film about two people dealing with shared grief.

| Nov 3, 2018

A beautiful film that explores love, loss, and religion.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 18, 2018

It's hard to believe The Cakemaker is director and screenwriter Ofir Raul Graizer's first feature, it is such an assured, well-judged and sweetly moving study of a gay man's journey through grief and loneliness.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2018

There is an earnest, emotional truth to the characters and their relationships - which is plain to see in their faces, even when secrets are being hidden.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 8, 2018

The movie is good at (very) slowly turning up the heat, but a lot of it comes out half-baked.

| Sep 13, 2018

Rather than an over-the-top melodrama, it asks profound questions about human nature, empathy, and our value beyond archaic doctrines that separate more than unite.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 28, 2018

Natural performances from Kalkhof and Adler root the melodrama in genuine pathos.

| Aug 27, 2018