Jennifer Aniston received a Golden Globe nomination and Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role for “Cake”, and critics are calling this a career-defining performance from her. Peter Travers from Rolling Stone Magazine raves “Jennifer Aniston is triumphant and cuts straight to the heart!” Rex Reed from The New York Observer calls it “an impressive film by Daniel Barnz — you will want to cheer!”
“Cake” also features an award-winning, stellar ensemble cast including Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Adriana Barraza, Sam Worthington and Anna Kendrick.
“Cake” takes us on an inspiring and emotional journey with a woman trying to navigate her way through personal redemption.
Claire Simmons (Jennifer Aniston) is in pain. Her physical pain is evident in the scars that line her body and the way she carries herself, wincing with each tentative step. She’s no good at hiding her emotional pain either. She has driven away her husband, her friends — even her chronic pain support group has kicked her out.
The only one left in Claire’s otherwise solitary existence is her housekeeper-turned-caretaker, Silvana (Academy Award-nominee Adriana Barraza). But the suicide of Nina — one of Claire’s fellow chronic-pain group members (Academy Award-nominee Anna Kendrick) — prompts another fixation. In pursuing questions about the death of a woman she barely knew, Claire explores the boundaries between life and death, abandonment and heartbreak, danger and salvation. As she inserts herself into the lives of Nina’s husband (Sam Worthington) and the son Nina left behind, Claire just might find salvation.
“An Oscar-worthy performance for Jennifer Aniston in an inspiring film about rediscovering your life,” raves renowned critic Pete Hammond.