This movie has it!
Added 12/6/2009
This movie is a great example of the rawness and sense of intimacy with the viewer achieved in several indie films.
Katie Holmes has mad acting chops here. Oliver Platt also plays a great role, the link between "strangers."
This is a remarkable film about second chances and resolution.
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Deeply moving and humorous film of a Thanksgiving reconciliation
Added 11/26/2009
I always watch this movie on Thanksgiving Day... and it never fails to make me smile and also bring a tear to my eye. This is a deeply moving tale of what it means to be the misunderstood 'black sheep' of one's family who learns to make her family proud... but also of parents and a brother willing to give her one 'final' chance. Both Patricia Clarkson and Oliver Platt give real, nuanced performances as parents going thru their own tragic hell, the best they are able... and Katie Holmes does a good job of the misunderstood, and difficult daughter, trying desperately to make her family proud. By the end of the film I challenge you to not feel a deep feeling of hope of what every family which suffers from stress, illness, whatever, could experience on Thankgiving (or any) day: forgiveness, love, acceptance and gratitude for each other.
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disappointed Thanksgiving movie...
Added 11/10/2008
I was looking for a new movie to watch for Thanksgiving. I love comedies and since this movie is located under comedies and had such great reviews, I bought it. I was so disappointed with the movie. First of all, it should be under drama, not comedy. There was not one funny scene in the whole movie. It was boring in some scenes, too many close ups of the goth look of April and the movie was all around horrible. I just wanted to clear up that this movie is not a comedy, if there are any movie lovers out there, like me, that love comedies.
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Katie Holmes was really good
Added 6/11/2008
Loved the acting and the characters.... but a 'day in the life' movies are not for me. While it was interesting, it was not entertaining to me.
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After watching the wonderful Dan in Real Life, we were interested in checking out the previous work by Peter Hedges. I'm not disappointed. Pieces of April is a very different story about the same topics: love, family, and what really matters in life. Katie Holmes leads a fantastic cast (Patricia Clarkson is particularly wonderful) in this lovely movie.
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This movie has it!
Added 12/6/2009
This movie is a great example of the rawness and sense of intimacy with the viewer achieved in several indie films.
Katie Holmes has mad acting chops here. Oliver Platt also plays a great role, the link between "strangers."
This is a remarkable film about second chances and resolution.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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Deeply moving and humorous film of a Thanksgiving reconciliation
Added 11/26/2009
I always watch this movie on Thanksgiving Day... and it never fails to make me smile and also bring a tear to my eye. This is a deeply moving tale of what it means to be the misunderstood 'black sheep' of one's family who learns to make her family proud... but also of parents and a brother willing to give her one 'final' chance. Both Patricia Clarkson and Oliver Platt give real, nuanced performances as parents going thru their own tragic hell, the best they are able... and Katie Holmes does a good job of the misunderstood, and difficult daughter, trying desperately to make her family proud. By the end of the film I challenge you to not feel a deep feeling of hope of what every family which suffers from stress, illness, whatever, could experience on Thankgiving (or any) day: forgiveness, love, acceptance and gratitude for each other.
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disappointed Thanksgiving movie...
Added 11/10/2008
I was looking for a new movie to watch for Thanksgiving. I love comedies and since this movie is located under comedies and had such great reviews, I bought it. I was so disappointed with the movie. First of all, it should be under drama, not comedy. There was not one funny scene in the whole movie. It was boring in some scenes, too many close ups of the goth look of April and the movie was all around horrible. I just wanted to clear up that this movie is not a comedy, if there are any movie lovers out there, like me, that love comedies.
4 out of 9 people found this helpful.
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