SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE

Director: Trish Sie
Starring: Yara Shahidi, Odessa A’zion, Bette Midler, Martha Kelly, Ron Livingston, Adina Porter

Can a cookbook be turned into a movie? That’s the goal behind the new Prime Video movie Sitting in Bars with Cake. The film is based on the cookbook by Audrey Shulman detailing her journey toward baking cakes hoping to win over a boy in a bar. In the movie, she’s named Jane and played by Yara Shahidi. Jane is studying for her LSATs but loves to bake cakes for her roommates and friends. This is on top of working in the mail room at Capital Records. Her roommate, Corinne (A’zion), works as an assistant to a big music agent played by Bette Midler. Jane takes a birthday cake to a bar to celebrate Corinne’s birthday thus kicking off an idea to make fifty cakes taking them to various LA bars to meet a future boyfriend. Shortly after this fun adventure begins, these two best friends are tested again after Corinne receives life altering news. Streaming on Prime Video

Here’s my review