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Pieces of April
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  Pieces of April (2003)

description written by member Zara:

In a very poor zone of New York, April Burns and her boyfriend, the Afro-American Bobby, are preparing to receive April's family for a thanksgiving dinner. While Bobby tries to borrow a suit for him, April realizes that her stove is broken and she tries desperately to find a neighbor that can let her cook the turkey, since she does not want to fail (again) with her family. Meanwhile, in a suburb of Pennsylvania, her dysfunctional family is preparing to travel to New York. While driving in the road, the relationship between the Burns and the black-sheep April is disclosed through the conversations between her father Jim, her resented mother Joy, her brother, her sister and her grandmother

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Starring: Katie Holmes
Patricia Clarkson
Oliver Platt
Derek Luke
Alison Pill
Alice Drummond
John Gallagher Jr.
Sean Hayes
Sisqo
Lillias White
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Susan Bruce
Adrian Martine
Directed By: Peter Hedges
Written By: Peter Hedges
Running Time: 80 minutes

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Pieces of April Movie Review by Zara (1/24/2007)

If there's a family out there who's not dysfunctional, I've yet to meet them. Perhaps it's because I grew up in California, the mecca of dysfunctional behavior, but families who do not get along or flat out hate one another is not something that I would bat an eyelash at. And given Katie Holmes' recent publicity, I wasn't...

(complete Pieces of April review by Zara)



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