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UPC: 0027616901811

Rating: PG-13

Film Country: USA

Region Code: Region 1

Number of Discs: 1

Actor: Katie Holmes

Release Date: 20040224

Format: DVD

Release Year: 2004

Director: Peter Hedges

Genre: Drama

Movie/TV Title: Pieces of April

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Katie Holmes is outstanding as the title character in Peter Hedges's PIECES OF APRIL. Holmes stars as April Burns, the black sheep of her family who has left suburbia for a Lower East Side tenement. To reconnect with her mother, Joy (Patricia Clarkson), and father, Jim (Oliver Platt), she invites them and her wisecracking brother (John Gallagher Jr.) and perfect sister (Alison Pill) for Thanksgiving dinner at her apartment, and against their better judgment, the Burnses pile up in the family station wagon, pick up Grandma (Alice Drummond), and head to the big city from the safe confines of their stereotypical suburban home. But Joy is seriously ill, complicating the road trip; meanwhile, April's oven is broken, sending her off to her bizarre and wacky neighbors to try to borrow their kitchen. Her interaction with Wayne (Sean Hayes) is a riot.Holmes is a revelation as April, showing marvelous range and depth as the outcast daughter who still strives for her mother's affection. Derek Luke is excellent as April's caring boyfriend, who understands how important this Thanksgiving dinner is to her. Platt is solid as the father, with just the right amount of vulnerability, but Clarkson nearly steals the movie; she takes over the screen in every scene she's in. Hedges's directorial debut, following screenplays for WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE, ABOUT A BOY, and A MAP OF THE WORLD, is well-paced and fun to watch. The soundtrack features music by Stephin Merritt with the 6ths and Magnetic Fields.

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by lovet.donn
Nov 15, 2022Top favourable review
I could have really liked it all.....
The movie had great acting. For the most part it was very believable. I really enjoyed the the parts of the movie that showed the struggles to make a home made thanksgiving dinner, by a disfunctional young girl who had little to work with. It was entertaining and made some great points about how no matter our differences, we need each other. Love conquers all. I didn't enjoy the parts portraying her disfuntional Mom, Dad brother and sister traveling a few hours in the car to share Thanksgiving dinner with the young girl. That was depressing, boring and just tacky most of the time. So production, casting, location and the main point of the movie were good.The movie had great acting. For the most part it was very believable. I really enjoyed the the parts of the movie that showed the struggles to make a home made thanksgiving dinner, by a disfunctional young girl who had little to work with. It was entertaining and made some great points about how no matter our differences, we need each other. Love conquers all. I didn't enjoy the parts portraying her disfuntional Mom, Dad brother and sister traveling a few hours in the car to share Thanksgiving dinner with the young girl. That was depressing, boring and just tacky most of the time. So production, casting, location and the main point of the movie were good.
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by jacob81283
Mar 03, 2009
Pieces of April!
I decided to buy the movie Pieces of April because it is a great film about a disfunctional family that has to put aside their differences to enjoy Thanksgiving together. The movie has a lot of sentimental value in that I can relate to some of the story. I feel this is also quite possibly Katie Holmes best role to date. I would definitely recommend this movie to people who dig low budget Indie Films. It falls in line with that of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Cheers!!!I decided to buy the movie Pieces of April because it is a great film about a disfunctional family that has to put aside their differences to enjoy Thanksgiving together. The movie has a lot of sentimental value in that I can relate to some of the story. I feel this is also quite possibly Katie Holmes best role to date. I would definitely recommend this movie to people who dig low budget Indie Films. It falls in line with that of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Cheers!!!
by astoria-lady
Jun 10, 2006
Pieces of April
Based on the trails and tribulations of a young girl cooking her first Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged and more then dysfunctional family. Filled of hope the quirky April starts the day in preparation to please her family with a wonderful dinner, only to find her oven is broken. She searches the graffiti filled building she lives in, knocking on the doors of neighbors she has never met in hopes of enlisting help in the means of a working oven. On the other hand flashing to her family on the road trip to April’s Thanksgiving and the trials, tribulations and revelations of their own. Pieces of April touches your heartstrings as well as your funny bone as the day progresses to what can be truly called “Thanksgiving” for all. Katie Holmes takes April to the perfect place. Well worth a ... Based on the trails and tribulations of a young girl cooking her first Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged and more then dysfunctional family. Filled of hope the quirky April starts the day in preparation to please her family with a wonderful dinner, only to find her oven is broken. She searches the graffiti filled building she lives in, knocking on the doors of neighbors she has never met in hopes of enlisting help in the means of a working oven. On the other hand flashing to her family on the road trip to April’s Thanksgiving and the trials, tribulations and revelations of their own. Pieces of April touches your heartstrings as well as your funny bone as the day progresses to what can be truly called “Thanksgiving” for all. Katie Holmes takes April to the perfect place. Well worth a watch.
by dawaxjump
Jan 12, 2009
Pieces of April
When I first saw "Pieces of April," I had no idea about Katie Holmes (or who/what she would become -- primarily famous for her role as Mrs. Tom Cruise). Holmes plays April Burns, her estranged family's problem child, who tries to make amends by inviting the family for for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in her cramped NY apartment. Dinner preparation unfolds as a comedy of errors when April discovers that her formerly unused oven doesn't work and sets off on a mission to "borrow" a working oven from other residents of the tenement building, none of whom she has ever met. The comedy of the situation is balanced with poignant moments, such as when April declares to a helpful neighbor that she is the "first pancake"--the one you are supposed to throw out. Meanwhile, the Burns family makes ... When I first saw "Pieces of April," I had no idea about Katie Holmes (or who/what she would become -- primarily famous for her role as Mrs. Tom Cruise). Holmes plays April Burns, her estranged family's problem child, who tries to make amends by inviting the family for for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in her cramped NY apartment. Dinner preparation unfolds as a comedy of errors when April discovers that her formerly unused oven doesn't work and sets off on a mission to "borrow" a working oven from other residents of the tenement building, none of whom she has ever met. The comedy of the situation is balanced with poignant moments, such as when April declares to a helpful neighbor that she is the "first pancake"--the one you are supposed to throw out. Meanwhile, the Burns family makes the trip from their comfortable suburban home toward the clearly unfamiliar ghetto in which their black-sheep daughter resides. Patricia Clarkson is the Mom, Joy, who is battling terminal breast cancer and simmering with rage and disappointment. While trying to come up with one good memory of April, Joy runs from the car. She cries out that she has no good memories--just "the fire in the kitchen, the drugs, the ingratitude"--and is terrified that this Thanksgiving will be just one more bad memory, an outcome that she is clearly too fragile to handle. Jim, the dad (played by Oliver Platt) is steadfast in his attempts to reconcile his family as he declares, "We are going to have a nice time.". Beth, April's sister, clearly suffers from being the "good kid" who has grown up in the shadow of the "bad kid," who draws all the parents' attention and resources. During the drive, Beth makes repeated efforts to sabotage the dinner at April's, including a stop at Krispy Kreme to get everyone to fill up on doughnuts before attempting to tackle April's cooking. Writer and director Peter Hedges (scriptwriter for "About a Boy" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape") based this script on his own mother's battle with and death from cancer, plus a true story about a group of his friends and how a broken stove thwarted plans for Thanksgiving dinner. This is my absolute favorite Thanksgiving movie. Despite the subject, it ultimately celebrates both connections with family, and the "family by choice" we build of our friends and neighbors. I imagine that anyone who has shared the experience of coping with a "problem child" would find a kindred spirit in Joy. Clarkson was nominated as best supporting actress for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
by lexicop
Apr 24, 2009
Pieces of April
I bought this movie because some moron in the Wall Street Journal said positive things about it. I greatly disliked the film. It incorporates all the trendy techniques that make so many movies unwatchable lately. The camera is almost always too close to the subject; minor movements are shot at a distance of about six inches. My response is "back off!" "Get out of my face!" "Give me some space!" It is impossible to enjoy a film made with these production "values." The story was warm and fuzzy and supports the Thanksgiving ideal, but you have to endure this nearly unwatchable film to the end to get the point. I paid almost nothing for it, but it still wasn't worth it. In short, this is a miserable movie, unless you like tight closeups, fast cuts, the obsession with faces, and the nearly ... I bought this movie because some moron in the Wall Street Journal said positive things about it. I greatly disliked the film. It incorporates all the trendy techniques that make so many movies unwatchable lately. The camera is almost always too close to the subject; minor movements are shot at a distance of about six inches. My response is "back off!" "Get out of my face!" "Give me some space!" It is impossible to enjoy a film made with these production "values." The story was warm and fuzzy and supports the Thanksgiving ideal, but you have to endure this nearly unwatchable film to the end to get the point. I paid almost nothing for it, but it still wasn't worth it. In short, this is a miserable movie, unless you like tight closeups, fast cuts, the obsession with faces, and the nearly complete absence of medium and long shots (the things that make a movie watchable, in my opinion). I'm being blunt here so that you won't be disappointed as I was. Now if you favor the modern camera techniques that I call technological masturbation, then take a gamble. But don't think that you're going to sit back, relax, and enjoy broad vistas into another sphere. Instead, you'll be seeing tight shots of a pan handle, somebody's ear lobe, and other narrow views that deny you access to the broad scene, the context, the space. This movie demonstrates precisely what has ruined movie-making--and much of TV for that matter. This is "liberal" movie-making, wherein the makers seek to control precisely what you look at, by leaving everything else out of the frame. It's micromanagement of your viewing experience--they, the makers, know better than you do what you should be paying attention to. They're smarter than you are, and you need to give up control and let them direct your life. That's the heart of liberalism. As I said, it has wrecked movies and TV. Ebert & Roeper give it two thumbs up: They must be all thumbs. "One of the best films of the year," says FOX TV: If that's true, it's no wonder I never go to the movies. You've been warned!

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