The Cake Eaters (2007)

Director:

Mary Stuart Masterson

Writer:

Jayce Bartok (writer)

Release Date:

13 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

life can be as sweet as you make it...

Plot:

Two families are brought together by the return of one family's son -- a reunion that conjures up old ghosts and issues that must be addressed.

Plot Keywords:

Low Life | Bus | Letter | Long Hair | Barn

Awards:

4 wins

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 30

10:00 PM

TMC

Cast

Kristen Stewart	...	Georgia
Aaron Stanford	...	Dwight 'Beagle' Kimbrough
Bruce Dern	...	Easy
Elizabeth Ashley	...	Marg
Jayce Bartok	...	Guy
Miriam Shor	...	Stephanie
Talia Balsam	...	Violet
Jesse L. Martin	...	Judd
Melissa Leo	...	Ceci
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marylouise Burke	...	Babe
E.J. Carroll	...	Vito
Tom Cavanagh	...	Lloyd
Mary E. Freeman	...	Flea Market Shopper
Susan Gardner	...	Young Pregnant Bride
Andrew George Jr.	...	Young Beagle
Elizabeth Girardeau	...	Maggie Lynn
Zoe Hunter	...	Girl on the Bus
Dan McCabe	...	Teenage Boy #1
Robert Meo	...	Bobby
Grant Monohon	...	Bum
Lucas Papaelias	...	Mike the Bartender
Stephen Payne	...	Farmer Phil
Elisa Pugliese	...	Stacy
Vincent Rao	...	Flea Market Shopper
Devin Ratray	...	JJ
Conor Romero	...	Teenage Boy #2
Nicole Signore	...	Flea Market Shopper
Elizabeth Van Meter	...	Hippy Chick

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and sexual material involving a teen.

Runtime:

86 min | Germany:100 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:PG | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Catskill, New York, USA

Company:

57th & Irving Productions

Quotes:

Easy: I don't think they're teaching manners anymore at the schools.
Marg: I guess not.
Easy: So how's business?
Marg: Pretty slow. What are you doing here Easy?
Easy: Getting rid of stuff we don't need anymore.
Marg: Georgia, you must know Mr. Kimbrough, he's the butcher.
Georgia: I'm a vegetarian.
Easy: We like that.
Marg: This is my granddaughter, Georgia.
Easy: Granddaughter indeed. And the hoverer, my son Dwight and with his permission you can call him Beagle.

Families' Relationship

In a small town in the countryside, Georgia Kaminski (Kristen Stewart) is a fifteen year-old girl with Friedreich's ataxia, a genetic disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system resulting in clumsy movements, speech problems heading to heart disease. While in a flea market selling goods with her grandmother Marg (Elizabeth Ashley), Georgia meets the shy twenty-years old Beagle Kimbrough (Aaron Stanford), who works in the cafeteria of her school and is the son of the local butcher Easy (Bruce Dern). Beagle spent the last years taking care of his ill mother while Easy and Marg have secretly been lovers for many years. Georgia feels that she will have few years of life and decides to lose her virginity with the sensitive Beagle. Meanwhile, Easy's older son Guy (Jayce Bartok) returns from New York for the funeral of his mother and seeks out the hairdresser Stephanie (Miriam Shor), who was his fiancée that he left behind when he moved to New York chasing the dream of becoming a successful musician. During the reunion, the lives of members of both families experience new discoveries and feelings.

The debut of the sweet Mary Stewart Masterson in the direction of a feature is a beautiful and sensitive movie about families' relationship. The three romances are realistic and engaging and the characters are human and credible. The top-notch and impressive performance of Kristen Stewart in the role of a teenager with Friedreich's ataxia deserved a nomination to the Oscar. Kristen Stewart proves that she is not only an extremely gorgeous woman, but mainly a awesome actress. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Doces Encontros" ("Sweet Encounters")