Claire (Jennifer Aniston) struggles in the aftermath of a suicide in her chronic pain support group. Despite never being close to Nina (Anna Kendrick) when she was alive, Claire now sees her everywhere as she contemplates taking her own life.
Living with constant pain is exhausting. Physical, emotional, it's all the same. It's a burden you can't put down, because if you do, you're just transferring that burden to someone else.
Jennifer Aniston doesn't play very many unlikeable characters but I'm happy to see her branching out into more of them later in her career. This movie in fact has an incredibly stacked cast for how indie it is. It was pretty clearly awards bait but I'm not going to hold that against it. I actually enjoyed this movie. It didn't feel pandering or overly sentimental. It will not be for everyone, however, and that's okay.
Cake is currently streaming on Amazon Prime, or for free on Tubi with ads.
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