Her mom, Joy (Patricia Clarkson) has her doubts and freely voices them. April's Dad, Jim Burns (Oliver Platt) tries to convince the family that the day will be beautiful. So, while April is forced to ask her eccentric neighbors for help in cooking her fifteen pound turkey, the Burns Family begins a reluctant journey from suburban Pennsylvania toward New York City's Lower East Side. SYNOPSIS: 'A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.' Synopsis source:. To make matters worse, she then discovers that her oven doesn't work. When erratic alterna-girl April Burns (Katie Holmes) finds out that her mother is grappling with a serious illness, she invites the entire. Her boyfriend, Bobby, wants to help, but she banishes him from the apartment while she attempts to cook the meal. Against her better judgment, she's invited her straightlaced family for Thanksgiving dinner. Pieces of April (2003) Soundtrack Cover Pieces of April PlotĪpril Burns (Katie Holmes) is a 21-year-old wild child with a very big problem. Pieces of April (399) 7.0 1 h X-Ray PG-13 A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.

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