Sitting In Bars With Cake Rating

Sitting In Bars With Cake

Amazon Studios

Release date 

09/08/2023

My Rating 

6/10

#whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 

64%

Description

Inspired by true events, Sitting in Bars with Cake follows best friends Jane (Yara Shahidi) and Corinne (Odessa A’zion) navigating life in Los Angeles in their twenties. Corinne, the ultimate extrovert, convinces her shy-but-extremely-talented home baker best friend Jane to commit to a year of baking cakes and bringing them to bars with the goal of meeting people and developing confidence - also known as “cakebarring.” During their year of “cakebarring,” Corinne receives a life-altering diagnosis, and the pair face a challenge unlike anything they’ve experienced before. Sitting in Bars with Cake isn't only a madcap joyride through some of L.A.’s most colorful watering holes, it's a moving celebration of female friendship, forging identity, and finding joy in the most unexpected places.

Directed by 

Trish Sie 

Screenplay by 

Audrey Shulman 

Director of photography 

Matthew Clark 

Production designer 

Tracy Dishman 

Costume designer 

Ciara Whaley 

Editor 

Lauren Connelly 

Culinary producer/food stylist 

Megan Potthoff

Starring

Yara Shahidi,Odessa A’zion,Ron Livingston,Bette Midler,Martha Kelly

Produced By

Susan Cartsonis, p.g.a., Brent Emery, p.g.a., Suzanne Farwell, p.g.a., Nick Moceri, p.g.a.

Executive Produced By

Yara Shahidi, Janet Knutsen, Teri Simpson

ODESSA A’ZION and YARA SHAHIDI star in SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE

YARA SHAHIDI stars in SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE

ODESSA A’ZION and BETTE MIDLER star in SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE

CHARLIE MORGAN PATTON, SIMONE RECASNER, YARA SHAHIDI, ODESSA A’ZION and MAIA MITCHELL star in SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE

YARA SHAHIDI and ODESSA A’ZION star in SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE

Audrey Shulman  

“I love to bake” 

“My best friend, Chrissy, was celebrating her birthday, so I made her a cake and brought it to the bar she wanted to go to. When I noticed all the guys in the bar looking at the cake, I could tell they wanted some. So I just gave them each a piece. By the end of the night, I had talked to every man there.”

“Chrissy proposed that for one year, I would go to a different bar every week with a different cake in order to meet men.” 

“The idea was certainly…intriguing. And because I am a writer, I decided to blog about it.”