Pieces of April (2003)
Neutral, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
Our read · Pieces of April (2003) (2003) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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