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03-07-2004, 10:21 AM
Belatedly, I watched Pieces of April on a rented DVD and I wished I had seen in earlier. Patricia Clarkson's Oscar nomination was well deserved. This little gem of a movie blends the zaniness of a single day in the life of a young women trying desperately to redeem herself to her crazy family and the miserable time she encounters in attempting to put on the best Thanksgiving dinner of her life.
The acting, the insane obstacles, the emotional ups and downs, the little vignettes that occur in the apartment complex, the family trip to April's apartment with a deathly sick mother. This movie easily competes with Lost In Translation for being sensitively amusing but also for probing deeper and revealing even more humanity than Lost In Translation - bringing us even closer to the important concepts of life.
One of the best movies of 2003 - this movie was severely overlooked and under-rated.
Nine out of Ten Stars.
The acting, the insane obstacles, the emotional ups and downs, the little vignettes that occur in the apartment complex, the family trip to April's apartment with a deathly sick mother. This movie easily competes with Lost In Translation for being sensitively amusing but also for probing deeper and revealing even more humanity than Lost In Translation - bringing us even closer to the important concepts of life.
One of the best movies of 2003 - this movie was severely overlooked and under-rated.
Nine out of Ten Stars.