​“A TERRIFICALLY IMPRESSIVE FEATURE DEBUT.
INTELLIGENT, WELL-CRAFTED STORY AND BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN CHARACTERS ... THE BRILLIANCE OF ITS TELLING MARKS A VERY AUSPICIOUS DEBUT BY THE TALENTED GRAIZER”
- ROGEREBERT.COM
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“FASCINATING... PROVOCATIVE, UNEXPECTED
AND FINALLY VERY MOVING WORK IS AS UNUSUAL A LOVE STORY AS YOU ARE LIKELY TO FIND”
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
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“UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE THIS YEAR.
AN UNFLINCHING, RAVISHING LOOK
AT A BROKEN ROMANTIC TRIANGLE”
- THE FORWARD
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“A DELICATE FABLE.
THE CAKEMAKER BELIEVES IN A LOVE THAT NEITHER NATIONALITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION NOR RELIGIOUS BELIEF CAN DETER”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
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“DELICIOUS LOOK AT A LOVE TRIANGLE.
... GENUINELY AFFECTING ... A TESTAMENT TO WHAT FILMMAKERS CAN ACHIEVEWHEN THEY TRUST THE AUDIENCE”
- SAN FRANCISCO GATE
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“AN EXTRAORDINARY WORK
AND HOPEFULLY THE FIRST OF MANY CINEMATIC POEMS FROM GRAIZER”
- BLUE-RAY.COM
“TANTALIZING… ENTRANCING… ENIGMATIC…
A DELICATE DISH THAT LINGERS LONG AFTER YOU'VE GOBBLED UP THE LAST CRUMB. THE MOST ROMANTIC STORY I'VE SEEN AT THE MOVIES THIS YEAR”
- MIAMI ART ZINE
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“THE CAKEMAKER TAKES A WHOLLY UNEXPECTED, BUT RICHLY REWARDING, TURN”
- INDIEWIRE
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“KALKHOF IS PHENOMENAL, ADLER IS EXTRAORDINARY...
THE FILM IS LIKE A WARM, FRESH AROMA FLOATING
OUT OF A BAKERY, COMFORTING YOU BUT
LEAVING YOU LONGING FOR MORE”
- THE EMORY JOURNAL
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“SENSUAL AND REBELIOUS...
A CAREFULY STRUCTURED STORY CONVEYING
A SUBTLY SUBMERSIVE MESSAGE”
- CINEUROPA
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“DELICATE AND MOVING.
HEARTBREAKING PERFORMANCES”
- THE PLAYLIST
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“HUMANE, HEART-KNEADING-DEBUT.
A TENDER, TACTILE, AND JUST-SWEET-ENOUGH STORY”
- VARIETY