Pieces of April

Name: Pieces of April
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: October 17, 2003
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Derek Luke, Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson

2003

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United Artists | Release Date: October 17, 2003 | PG-13

Starring: Derek Luke, Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson

Summary: Poignant and funny, Pieces of April is an up-close look at an extraordinary day in the life of the not-so-ordinary Burns family. (MGM)

Director: Peter Hedges

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 80 min

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Carla Meyer

Both heartfelt and tough-minded. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

It turns out to be an especially warm comedy with a hidden heart. It's a film whose humor has feeling behind it because writer-director Peter Hedges doesn't let his comedy overpower an understanding of how emotionally weighted family situations are always going to be. Read full review

Don R. Lewis

As the debate between digital video and film rages on, Pieces of April proves a point that many people overlook in the DV/film debate. If you have a great story, a great script and a great cast, DV will work as well as film onscreen. Read full review

Michael Sragow

The highest compliment I can pay Pieces of April is that it brings to mind a Paul Simon lyric: "the mother and child reunion is only a motion away." Read full review

Michael Wilmington

In a movie that dwells so wittily and movingly on forgiveness, you have to grant pardon. Clarkson alone makes "April" a feast. Read full review

Premiere Glenn Kenny

A modestly scaled film on every level, but Hedges and company manage to ring true on almost all the material's sweet and sour notes. Read full review

Dennis Lim

Manipulative and cloying, Pieces of April turns into something altogether creepier, even pathological, whenever first-time filmmaker Peter Hedges (screenwriter of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "About a Boy") brings up race. Read full review

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JudithM.

Aug 3, 2007

One of the best movies I've seen all year!

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JeremyF

Feb 16, 2008

Very cute, very good film. I really like it. This is a superb spell-binding from Katie Holmes. (Aw, look at Katie homes pre-Cruise... it's so nice.)

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