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Cake

Claire becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group while grappling with her own, very raw personal tragedy.<br />

Cake
Released:
December 31, 2014

Cast:

Jennifer Aniston
Adriana Barraza
Mamie Gummer
Felicity Huffman
William H. Macy
Chris Messina
Lucy Punch
Britt Robertson
Anna Kendrick
Sam Worthington

Director:
Daniel Barnz

Producer:
Ben Barnz, Jennifer Aniston, Kristin Hahn, Courtney Solomon, Mark Canton

Written by:
Patrick Tobin

Distributor:
Cinelou Releasing, Freestyle Releasing

Budget:
7 millon

Box Office:
2.9 million

Metacritic Score:
49

Rotten Tomatoes Score:
49 percent

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