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The Cake Eaters (2007)
Director: Mary Stuart Masterson
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From Time Out New York
Loaded with potentially maudlin material, Mary Stuart Masterson’s directorial debut turns out to be an economical, affecting slice of small-town naturalism. Suffering from a neuromuscular disease and unsure how much time she has left, 15-year-old Georgia (Twilight’s Stewart) determines to lose her virginity to the socially inept Beagle (Stanford), a cafeteria worker at her high school. The Cake Eaters hits a lot of familiar notes—timing is everything, happiness is fleeting, etc.—but the movie is not without its share of old-fashioned cinematic virtues.Author: Joshua Land
Time Out New York Issue 702: March 12-18, 2009
Cast & crew
Director: Mary Stuart Masterson
Cast: Aaron Stanford, Kristen Stewart, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley, Talia Balsam, Jesse L Martin, Miriam Shor, Melissa Leo, Jayce Bartok full cast
Rated: NR
Duration: 95 mins
US Release: Mar 13 2009
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