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Cake

2014 · 102 min · Director: Daniel Barnz ★ IMDb 6.4 · 40,459 ratings

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The acerbic, hilarious Claire Bennett becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina's suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina's husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.

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Cake (2014) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Sadness
Empathy
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 78 %, then eases around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness61 %55 %48 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Empathy49 %38 %41 %27 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Empathy41 %25 %34 %28 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension52 %35 %38 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Sadness57 %41 %38 %48 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor48 %27 %28 %32 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor45 %21 %29 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Empathy49 %28 %43 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Empathy58 %40 %55 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Sadness65 %52 %55 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Tension63 %50 %49 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Empathy56 %40 %46 %37 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Humor53 %34 %42 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Tension61 %38 %42 %53 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Tension69 %46 %47 %64 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Tension72 %55 %56 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Sadness69 %59 %61 %50 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Sadness56 %46 %51 %26 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Hope47 %22 %33 %11 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Hope51 %9 %22 %4 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Anna Kendrick

Nina Collins

Sam Worthington

Roy Collins

Mamie Gummer

Bonnie

Chris Messina

Jason Bennett

Lucy Punch

Nurse Gayle

PC
Paula Cale

Carol

AC
Ashley Crow

Stephanie

CG
Camille Guaty

Tina

CM
Camille Mana

Nurse Salazar

EO
Evan O'Toole

Casey Collins

LP
Lizzie Peet

Gail

Pepe Serna

Nuncio

Details

Directed by
Daniel Barnz
Written by
Patrick Tobin
Type
Movies
Released
2014
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 40,459 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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