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CrimeYear2021Duration1h 33mIMDb4.4

The Birthday Cake

CrimeThriller

On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Gio's life is forever changed.

Trailer

Cast

JG

Jimmy Giannopoulos

Director

Shiloh Fernandez

Gio

Val Kilmer

Uncle Angelo

Ewan McGregor

Father Kelly

William Fichtner

Uncle Ricardo

Lorraine Bracco

Sofia

Jeremy Allen White

Tommaso

Emory Cohen

Leo

Vincent Pastore

Vito

David Mazouz

Young Gio

Ashley Benson

Tracey

John Magaro

Cousin Joey

Nick Vallelonga

Uncle Tiny Tony

Penn Badgley

Peeno

Franky G

Omar

RR

Ruben Rivera

Ramon

Luis Guzmán

Jochee

Aldis Hodge

Eagle

Jake Weary

Agent Pete

JG

Jimmy Giannopoulos

Writer

Diomedes Raul Bermudez

Writer

Shiloh Fernandez

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

Jadia MbaAug 15, 2024

One of the worst, most amateur, cliched 'mob' representations I've ever seen! Save yourself from fast forwarding through this tripe. Intrusive sound drowning out dialogue (probably just as well really!); glacial progress of protagonist as he e.g. Puts on a shirt; takes cake to party... and to top it all an embarrassing 'cool priest' cameo from Ewan McGregor (ahem... artistic integrity?). Dear, oh dear.

Nicole Hlomisi ❤️Aug 15, 2024

Totally zero i.regret.for every secound waste it for this shhhhhi****

Julia_bossladyAug 15, 2024

I saw a promo. It mentioned the "birthday cake." I think "Godfather 3." That's it. This movie is a bad copy of every bad mob movie ever made. A waste of time. The writing is high-school stuff. I can't believe that Luis Guzman couldn't get a better gig.

ᴇʟɪʏᴀs ᴛAug 15, 2024

I think we expected more. This is the kind of film that follows mob family movies like Godfather and Sopranos -- even some of the same actors -- and a lot less happens than we'd wish, and it's not as clever as it wishes. Excellent quality overall but for me the blandness of the story makes it a waste of a great group of talent.

W Ʌ Y EAug 15, 2024

Shockingly awful! Val Kilmer character is laughable.

MajoAug 15, 2024

source: The Birthday Cake

jearl.marijoAug 15, 2024

The story does not make sense because things are very poorly explained. I don't understand a thing they are trying to convey. I watched this for Ewan McGregor, and he is in it for one minute. A huge disappointment.

Safae.SafushyAug 15, 2024

I went into this movie knowing nothing and it was the first movie I watched in the theaters since the end of 2019. I only give it two stars because it is comically bad and I did get a morbid sense of amusement from how bad it was. The soundtrack conflicts with the images on screen often and there are these jarring guitar stings that come incrementally that blow your ears out. They got a cast with some names and it comes across as if they all only chose to do it on the condition that they only would have to show up for one day. It comes across as lazy and it also has a bunch of plot lines that never crescendo to anything, it just pads time. I don't know who this movie is for, but if you want a good laugh from a bad movie then this is the one for you.

ARIANNE🥵Aug 15, 2024

Lots of great stars, playing characters that are not fleshed out at all, and super amateur feel to whole thing. $6.99 was wayyyyy too much to waste on this. If you're curious, wait til it's .99 or free- then it won't hurt as much when it's over.

Courtnaé PaulAug 15, 2024

Dragged on, lots of fluff, cameos and then when you thought it was all coming together...credits Don't bother...

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