How sad is this?

Don't Believe the Hype

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

** WARNING -- SPOILERS CONTAINED WITHIN ** The plots contained within the inexplicably named "Cake" seem forced and very contrived. However, the relationships and characters make this romantic comedy an enjoyable enough way to spend an hour and a half. The hoary chestnut of a plot has pseudo-feminist Graham, committed to never making commitments, awkwardly fulfilling her obligations as a bridesmaid to friend Sarah Chalke, before winding us, at her father's behest, taking the helm of a bridal magazine after the old man suffers a heart attack. Sandra Oh, Taye Diggs, Cheryl Hines, and Sarah Chalke all supply superior comedic support with their character roles. I wasn't familiar with the young actor playing Graham's main stereotyped gay assistant at the magazine, but he is very good, making me enjoy him and care about him despite his stereotypic roots.Heather Graham seems to be imitating Kate Hudson throughout, but she makes an agreeable-enough substitute. Bruce Gray is monotonously one-note as the father. I also would've much rather seen her wind up with much more interesting Diggs than cookie-cutter leading man Sutcliffe, but the film wasn't made for taking those types of risks. And Sutcliffe has a nice-enough smile that you can't really begrudge him his happy ending too much. Conclusion, if you have an hour and a half to kill and want to watch a harmless romantic comedy, Cake will more than adequately satiate you.

This movie was so boring I didn't know if I should cry or sleep.The idea of an independent single girl took no wind at any point as this girl simply gave in to everything and everyone, instead of showing any of spunk and spirit she was supposed to have. I am not entirely sure what the message here was supposed to be - happiness lies in meringue wedding? The originality of the side-characters was expressed through their "weird" appearances. The "baddie" was a wedding-crazed spinster. The conflict? - non-existing. The characters didn't grow or learn, they simply gave in in front of the convention.Uninspiring, and I'm afraid, very very American in its blind idolisation of the white-wedding bliss.

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??

The movie's cast is great. I am a shameless Heather Graham fan. Heather Graham never looked more gorgeous than she does in this film! I have been in love with Sandra Oh since Sideways. Why don't we see more of her?I love it when a romantic COMEDY is actually FUNNY. So many of them just suck today.Even though script was predictable I appreciated the quick pacing and the sharp performances. Every time the movie was about to go down a cheesy road- the director cut and pulled back just in time to save it from being too dramatic and annoyingly sentimental.I've already recommended it to friends.