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Writer:
Jayce Bartok (writer)
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Release Date:
13 March 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
life can be as sweet as you make it... more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins more
NewsDesk:
(43 articles)
AFF09 Daily Dispatch: Day Five
 (From Slackerwood. 27 October 2009, 7:00 AM, PDT)
Could Kristen Stewart get an Oscar for 'The Cake Eaters'?
 (From Twilight Examiner. 20 October 2009, 10:57 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Gets inside you, and gets in good more (15 total)
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Cast

  (Credited 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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some language and sexual material involving a teen.
Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
86 min | Germany:100 min (European Film Market)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:R | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Catskill, New York, USA more
Company:
57th & Irving Productions more

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Quotes:
Judd: Beagle. Anything happen to that girl and I'm gonna kill you.
Beagle: Ok.
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16 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Gets inside you, and gets in good, 7 September 2008
10/10
Author: jamesfilmore from The East Coast

In this superbly rendered drama from Mary Stuart Masterson, two small-town families find their lives unexpectedly intertwined when the quiet, socially awkward Beagle Kimbrough (Aaron Stanford) invites the romantic attentions of Georgia Kaminski (Kristen Stewart), a young girl with a rare but terminal nervous disease who knows her window of opportunity is rapidly closing. Much to the chagrin of her domineering mother, and the chilly audits of her otherwise zesty grandmother, Georgia decides to follow her feelings to wherever it is they lead her. Meanwhile, Beagle's older brother Guy (Jayce Bartok), the wayward son, returns from a dead-end bid to become a musician and struggles to reconcile himself with estranged father Easy (Bruce Dern) the town butcher, whose wife (Guy and Beagle's mother) has recently passed away.

There are so many points in this movie where a less steady hand might have foundered the effort, either by overplaying the sentiment card, or by trying to hard to push the tragic undertones, but the film finds an immaculate balance, that golden middle-of-the-road equilibrium that just gets rarer the more time goes by. The characters are so genuine, their stories so real, that the film exacts an impact that is no less raw, and no less memorable, than the trials and tribulations of families we know in life.

The first scene offers a perfect illustration of everything that's right with the movie: Beagle and Easy sit across from each other at the breakfast table, Easy contemplating such bold measures as changing his breakfast cereal, Beagle listening, responding in monosyllables, almost without thinking, and from this one tiny encounter we glean the whole spectrum of what their relationship has become – perfunctory, habitual, and void of energy.

With writing this precise, and with performances so nuanced and natural that all of Hollywood's clichés are swept under the carpet without so much as a whimper, the stage is set for perfection.

Which is what this movie is – perfection.

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