"Cake"

Just wondering if anybody is planning to see this movie-it opened today. If you do see it, what do you think? Aniston has said in interviews that this movie made her appreciate her body and to be thankful for her health.
Here's the plot summary:

We're first introduced to Jennifer Aniston's character, Claire, at a chronic pain support group trying to cope with the suicide of one of their members, Nina (Anna Kendrick). The only person who isn't having any of it, though, is Claire. The audience quickly realizes that as funny as her sarcastic retort is about the unintentionally comic details of Nina's passing, she's personally suffering from something more than physical pain. She's just not in a good place. Moreover, her comments are so harsh she is actually asked to not return to the group.

Eventually we discover that Claire's physical injuries were suffered during a car accident. She severely screwed up her back and was left with visible scars on her face. Her mental trauma comes not just from her constant discomfort, but from the loss of her child during the accident. This has set her on a course to destroy her marriage with a seemingly good man (Chris Messina) and become addicted to every pain pill you can imagine.

Nina's suicide, however, is haunting Claire. So much so that she begins to appear as an apparition, taunting her at times. This prompts Claire to make more inquiries about Nina's death. She eventually finds her home and befriends her husband Roy (Sam Worthington).

Barnz and screenwriter Patrick Tobin's thoughts on how we cope with pain and how we can transcend are finally clear. The audience connects to the emotional aspect of Claire's journey. It's actually quite moving and Barnz finds the right emotional touch points without going overboard.

Sounds interesting. I have to wait for DVD...just cant sit still long enough to watch a movie in full. I find it really annoys others when they pay to see a movie and here you go standing up, stretching and crying.

Sounds interesting and my kind of movie, but I'm like Daesin and will wait for the DVD, haven't gone out to see a movie in probably at least 7 years.

Lol not sure how legal it is under copyright law Roc and some are of poor quality but if you search the sites he listed you generally can find one thats pretty fair quality. I just watched Mark Wahlburgs new movie "The gambler" but because these are movies generally that have been personally recorded closed captioning is not an option so I have a really hard time with them and usually have to wait for the release.


I have not yet seen this particular movie but was also told it would not make me a happy moviegoer,assuming that it puts a bad light on CPers due to the addiction issues being widespread and the overall thinking about CPers that the public tend to have.

I likely will watch it but not until I can"hear" every word..

I watched it on xbmc last week (it's legal to stream, but not to actually download).

I'm ambivalent. On one hand I appreciate CP in media, but she's actually not a sympathetic character which takes away, I feel, from all the CP media friendly talking points she made on her Oscar campaign. What I did appreciate is the suicide ideation because depression is such a large part of my own struggle and I was grateful that it shared how CP can really tear us down emotionally.

The housekeeper is the best character, she was very sweet and it made me very grateful to have such a wonderful husband who takes care of me as well as the housekeeper does (better!).

Wait for DVD. Or watch it on xbmc.

I have to go down to Duke Wed for a few days for infusions. I get 2 meds on Thurs which make me sick the next day. Maybe Thurs night I'll find a theater and see it and then chill in the hotel.

Movies like this are where the general public gets it's preception of CP patients. And unfortunately that includes the politicians and others who make the laws and restrctions that we have to live with. Movies like this aren't the only source, but they are just another reference filled with wrong info. They call it "entertainment" for a reason.