Pieces Of April (2003)

I should have been studying, but i watched this movie instead. and... wow, this one's great!!! i proudly rated it a 9 in imdb. this is one of those movies which make you draw a smile in your face, and make you look quite stupid, but happy. it's about a family in which the oldest daughter (katie holmes) is kind of the black sheep, and lives away of the family home. she's the rebel piercing-lover girl, you'd say, but it's not that simple. for reasons she never tells (but obvious) she invites her family to her tiny house for thanksgiving lunch. her mom has some mental problems, and that makes the rest of the family doubt whether going or not. besides, as you see during the movie, the mother is the smartest one in the family, along with the daughter. the rest of family members are all different from each other but form the most typical family, and that's what causes so many usual-but-funny situations and discussions. but the daughter has one problem: they're coming for thanksgiving lunch, but what do i do if i've never cooked anything?

that would be the plot. no big thing, you'd say. wrong. you see your own life reflected in every moment of the story. the smallest things became the biggest problems, just the way it would happen to you. it looks like an argentinian movie but made in the states.
Peter Hedges, you're the man. this movie is sooo well directed and written, it leaves you astonished. with ONLY (yes, read this carefully) 300 thousand dollars) you made a movie with katie holmes, oliver platt, derek luke, patricia clarkson, a wonderful script, a great rhythm, good photography, touching ending... so many virtues it has, that i already forgot many. katie is wonderful in a role where, before watching the movie, anyone would say she wouldn't fit in. oliver platt is once more an inclasificable actor, and also great performer. patricia... what can i say about patricia, she's absolutely one of my favourite actresses, along with isabelle huppert and a couple more. the other 2 youngsters, son and daughter, also playing a great part. her boyfriend and also sisqó, in a movie i never thought he'd do (he must be way smarter than i thought). all perfect.


there are so many things i'd say about this movie, but i won't. just watch it and enjoy. this one's really worth it.

MY RATING: 9
http://spanish.imdb.com/title/tt0311648/