The Cake Eaters

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John A One of those films that feels a bit light on narrative but abundant in naturalistic performances and likable yet troubled characters that cross paths in attempts to cope with their problems Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/09/24 Full Review Audience Member I remember watching this 14 years ago and liking it Kristen Stewart, Bruce Dern, and Jayce Bartok directed by Mary Stuart Masterson It works as an affecting tale of small town life focusing on small people Guy is a struggling artist living with his father meanwhile Georgia is a young teenage girl living with her mother who's very overprotective, after all shes got a condition that throws her off balance Both Guy and Georgia are in high school but completely sheltered from everyone else They fall in love but Guy isn't so sure he's ready A cute little indie flick short, sweet and to the point this is one of Kristen Stewart's finest performances The characters battle their own ghosts and come to grips with their own realities This shows that dysfunctional families can still be families no matter how much damage there is 1st time director Masterson shows plenty of character elements in people that we believe can be real at times it feels like real life and not just a film Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/13/24 Full Review Audience Member super sweet, kristen was great. worth watching. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review steve d The script is fairly weak but the performances and direction are good. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Mary Stuart Masterson directed this slow-moving drama. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Heart-warming, heart wrenching This is an emotional story about human love in a rural American setting. As such it will probably bring tears to your eyes. I know it did to mine. The script by Jayce Bartok and the direction by Mary Stuart Masterson are carefully composed to create a celebration of love that defies convention. BEWARE SPOILERS Georgia (Kristen Stewart) is a 15-year-old girl suffering from Friedreich's ataxia. When her to-be lover, cafeteria worker Beagle (Aaron Stanford), asks if she is going to get better, Georgia says, "No, this is pretty much as good as it's gonna get until my heart gives out." She has invited him into her bedroom to help her with her homework. At one point she says, "You can kiss me if you want to." Stewart plays the part with limbs all askew and dangling almost helplessly. Yet her face is so, so pretty and healthy looking that the contrast is striking. The next day they go to a motel. She is determined to experience love before she dies. The idea is so touching. Also sure to pull your heart strings is the older and mostly secret love affair between Easy Kimbrough (Bruce Dern) and Marg Kaminski (Elizabeth Ashley). Bittersweet is Guy Kimbrough's (Jayce Bartok) realization that his girlfriend Stephanie (Miriam Shor) has married and started a family in his absence. All of this could easily go from pathos to bathos to the maudlin except for the careful direction by Masterson and the fine acting all around. What I have been trying to figure out is why the movie is entitled "The Cake Eaters." What came to mind was Marie Antoinette's infamous, "Let them eat cake," but I couldn't see the connection. --Dennis Littrell, author of the movie review book "Cut to the Chaise Lounge or I Can't Believe I Swallowed the Remote" Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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