Drama  •  2025  •  106 min  •  Teen (13+)

The President's Cake (2025)

The President's Cake poster

The President's Cake (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
8.3

Overview

While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients for the mandatory cake or face the consequences.


Starring Cast

Rahim AlHaj  •   Waheed Thabet Khreibat  •   Baneen Ahmad Nayyef


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

The film critiques authoritarian rule and the suffering it inflicts, while also implicitly criticizing Western economic sanctions for exacerbating a humanitarian crisis and disproportionately affecting the poor, aligning with left-leaning critiques of power structures and foreign policy.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The movie features an authentic Iraqi cast, reflecting its setting and story. Its narrative critiques an authoritarian regime and its impact on a child's life, rather than explicitly focusing on traditional identities as defined in a Western DEI context.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low

Based on available information, *The President's Cake* (2025) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative centers on a child's quest to bake a cake in 1990s Iraq, focusing on themes of survival and authoritarianism, with no references to LGBTQ+ content in any descriptions or reviews.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

Based on available information, 'The President's Cake' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Plot summaries and descriptions focus on a young girl's efforts to bake a cake in 1990s Iraq, with no mention of gender-related elements. Therefore, the film's net impact on the portrayal of transsexual characters is N/A.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

The film is an original work, not an adaptation of existing source material or a biopic. Therefore, no characters have a pre-established canonical or historical gender from which to be swapped.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

The film is an original screenplay with no prior source material, meaning its characters had no pre-established race before this production. Therefore, no race swap can occur as there is no prior canon to deviate from.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.6
The Movie Database logo
7.4

Critic Ratings

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9.9
Metacritic logo
8.4

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