Pieces of April

Sometimes families forget what that means. Sometimes they remember. Sometimes they remember while there is still time.

This family is a wreck. April (Katie Holmes) has a shady past, her mother is vindictive and dieing, her sister tries to be perfect at the expense of everyone else, her grandmother has Alzheimer’s and her father (Oliver Platt) is just trying to keep it together. So if you're April in this situation, what do you do? You invite them all to thanksgiving dinner. But of course nothing goes right. Her oven won't work, her boyfriend disappeares for several hours and she finds out that no one really likes cranberry sauce from a can?

Meeting all of April's neighbors is a joy. Some are good, and some are bad. Some are weird and some are creapy. Some speak english and others not so much. But each one adds to the franticness or the hope of the day.

This movie if proof that ageless favorites can be bought off the $5 rack at best buy. The story was wonderful. My only problem with the acting was Holmes character seemed an awful lot like every other character I've seen her play.

My scene to remember. April is explaining thanksgiving to an immigrant Asian family. she tries once, telling of the mayflower and Plymouth Rock, but then starts over. She begins again, talking about the injustices that would befall the Native Americans, but again must start over. She finally gets to what it means over how it came about and the circumstances that followed it. And the best part, she's realising the truth of what she's saying while she's saying it.

Overall a great flick. You should check it out

Five of six shards