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Release Date: 24 February, 2004 Retail Price: $14.94 OUR Price: $9.47 You SAVE: $5.47! Cast: Complete Cast (14 total) |
Pieces of April Reviews
some wonderful actors in this low budget film
Katie Holmes, in particular, as well as Derek Luke, Oliver
Platt, etc. I liked the writing a lot, direction--as well as the camera work. Hard to believe it was shot with a 3 chip Sony digital camera!
Ordinarily this would not have been my type of flick, etc., but wanted to see what they were able to accomplish with the Sony PD 150... Like I said: fine work--and you can't help but like and appreciate a talented actress like Ms. Holmes (who pretty much carries most of the film).
Brings a tear to your eye
This movie was so touching. It's crazy because this reminds me so much of my family it's almost depressing. So April (Played by the ever wonderful Katie Holmes in what I believe to be her best performance ever) is cooking thanksgiving dinner for her estranged family including her dying mother Joy (Clarkson in an amazing role deserving of her oscar nod), her overwhelmed and loving father Jim (Platt in an equaly impressive role, for him that is) and her two siblings, Timmy and the annoying, want-to-slap-her-in-the-face-and-call-her-a-b!+@# sister Beth. Oh yeah, and her grandmother. So the family travels across the state to NY to see April, while she struggles to bake a turkey. Her boyfriend Bobby (Luke) tries to make everything alright and is very optimistic about the outcome of the day. You'd think that a film about baking a turkey would be boring, but it's soooooo much more than that. This film is about acceptance and family and most importantly love...as April puts it perfectly, it's realizing that you can't do it alone. This is a very underrated film with a great cast that gives the best performaces of their carrers here and I feel need a little more recognition for that. Katie Holmes is slated as the cute one from Dawson's Creek, but given a few more roles like this one and she may see an oscar in her future...I would recomend this movie to anyone, it's that good...giving you a look at what real life is like, what your actions have on your family and how anyone at anytime can change...it's all about making memories, new memories to counteract the bad ones.
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