My Favourite Cake
A Contracorriente Films | Release Date: TBA CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 17, 2024
There is something quietly magnificent in it. Moments like these in life are poignantly brief – but many never have them at all. It’s a lovely film. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinSep 17, 2024
The film is exceedingly funny, even in translation, right up to the point where the tone shifts dramatically. Deeply endearing on every level, from its anti-authoritarian politics to its body positivity to general joie de vivre, this is a crowdpleaser through and through (unless the crowd happens to be made up of moral policemen and dogmatic clerics). Read full review
80
Time OutWhelan BarzeySep 17, 2024
My Favourite Cake is radical and heartwarming. Above all, it’s a reminder that in a world where everyone is scrutinised and judged, pure love remains timeless. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesTara BradySep 17, 2024
A late narrative development swerves the meet-cute into less sure-footed terrain. But this remains an encounter to treasure, jollied along by quiet political protest and poignant notes on widowhood. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 17, 2024
Perhaps more radical than the censor-bating, though, is the fact that My Favourite Cake trains its lens on lonely, ordinary older people – a demographic all too frequently invisible to film-makers the world over. A rare delight. Read full review
75
The Film StageRory O'ConnorOct 23, 2024
Moghaddam and Sanaeeha obviously have things to say about the state of their country, but at heart this is a romantic, even nostalgic film. Read full review
70
VarietyJessica KiangSep 17, 2024
What it lacks in edge, the film certainly makes up for in the quality of its performances and watching Farhadpour and Mehrabi mutually glow off each other is a pleasure that it feels almost cruel to have so abruptly denied. Read full review
70
Little White LiesFatima SheriffSep 17, 2024
My Favourite Cake is a slice-of-life film with considered dialogue and heartfelt performances that unravels a culturally specific repression, one that got the Iranian filmmakers banned from France and Germany to edit and promote this film, but also the more universal loneliness of the elderly who still have more life to live. Read full review
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