Cake (2005)

When I analyze a romantic comedy,I try to be more fair than I usually am because I am conscious of the prejudice I have against that genre. My displeasure for those prefabricated sugary fantasies does not come from any bitterness or spite.I think it's just cynicism.My main objection about that genre is the manipulation of the woman and the typical cliché:every woman needs a man for being happy.Let's suppose that it is true in the majority of the cases:Is it necessary to preserve that fantasy on a so obvious way? Sure,from the romantic comedies from the 50's we have seen a lot of changes...women are not chained to the kitchen and they do not anxiously wait their husband when he comes very tired from working.On the modern romantic comedies,women are liberated,intelligent and owners of their destiny...but emotionally frail and lacking of intern stability...at least they catch the man of their dreams.I do not want this to seem as a hypocrite feminist manifest...after all,I am not a sexist.I simply do not think all that leads to making good cinema.I was filled with enthusiasm during the first half hour of Cake:in spite of being weakly written and disastrously directed,at least,it was focused on an unusual main character.So,the film started well,but then,the film falls in the typical formula and the final result is a crap.I do not recommend this movie to anybody.The screenplay is pathetic,the direction is disastrous and the characters do not provoke any interest.Heather Graham is charismatic and she gave some points to this poor movie.If the film would have taken the clichés for making something innovative,the film could have been fun.The only good points from this movie are Graham and the first half hour.I usually enjoy Canadian movies but the only thing Cake did was copying the clichés from almost all North American romantic comedies.

It definitely does not deserve all the low ratings. Take it for what it is and it's a very pleasant, well-written, well-developed and also very well-casted movie. Weird, but good natured and likable characters appear throughout. The plots turns a couple of times, revealing more about characters as we go on. Yes from one point of view it could be seen as sappy or cheesy, all the stereotypical elements are all there. Its character was rather unique, though, there was something fresh about it that made the film as a whole very likable. The leads were very good and convincing. Heather Graham and David Sutclife did a very satisfying job at portraying their characters and they should get more exposure in different films. Supporting cast were pretty nice too.In short, an enjoyable flick for a wintry evening, especially when you want nothing else but to sit back and relax watching harmless and good-natured piece of entertainment.

Heather Graham playing a bad girl with Sandra Oh to back her up = funny! The stereotypes were played to a laughable "T". Taye Diggs in anything sex's up the quotient and Heather Graham was beautiful and real in all her curves.Sure it was formula-like. Sure the casting of the serious hot guy could have been a little better, and the daddy/daughter thing was a little forced. This was definitely an entertaining movie and better than most of the solely-for-entertainment films that come out of Canada.I think it's a great step in the right direction for Canadian production and would love to see more like it. Can I get the soundtrack, please??

I am a very big fan of Nisha Ganatra! Each one of her films have been brilliant...from Chutney Popcorn to Cosmopolitan...Nisha has given the audience a fresh look at making movies! I absolutely love her style of directing! Cake, not only has an amazing script, but Nisha did such a great job capturing all the nuances of it! I loved the story and I feel that it was very well played out. Each actor brought something fantastic to their character and to the story. It is great to see the ensemble come together and really play off of one another. This is something that everyone, in way or another, can relate too! Overall, a seriously great movie and another fantastic success for Nisha!