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April Burns (Holmes) has invited her estranged {{dysfunctional family}} over to her Manhattan apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds out her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal. Meanwhile, April's live-in boyfriend Bobby (Luke) is out to purchase a suit so he can make a great first impression.

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April Burns (Holmes) has invited her estranged estranged, {{dysfunctional family}} over to her Manhattan apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds out her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal. Meanwhile, April's live-in boyfriend Bobby (Luke) is out to purchase a suit so he can make a great first impression.
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April Burns (Holmes) has invited her estranged {{dysfunctional family}} over to her Manhattan apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal. Meanwhile, her live-in boyfriend Bobby (Luke) is out to purchase a suit so he can make a great first impression.

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April Burns (Holmes) has invited her estranged {{dysfunctional family}} over to her Manhattan apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds out her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal. Meanwhile, her April's live-in boyfriend Bobby (Luke) is out to purchase a suit so he can make a great first impression.
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* TitledAfterTheSong: Named for a 1972 hit by Three Dog Night. Hedges originally planned to include it on the soundtrack, but [[Music/TheMagneticFields Stephin Merritt]], who composed the film's score, talked him out of it.

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* TitledAfterTheSong: Named for a 1972 hit by Three Dog Night. Hedges originally planned to include it on the soundtrack, but [[Music/TheMagneticFields Stephin Merritt]], who composed the film's score, was talked him out of it.doing so by Merritt.
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* TitledAfterTheSong: Named for a 1972 hit by Three Dog Night. Hedges originally planned to include it on the soundtrack, but [[Music/TheMagneticFields Stephin Merritt]], who composed the film's score, talked him out of it.

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'Pieces of April'' is a 2003 {{dramedy}} written and directed by Peter Hedges in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/KatieHolmes, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, Creator/SeanHayes, Creator/DerekLuke, Creator/AlisonPill and Creator/OliverPlatt.

April (Holmes) has invited her estranged, dysfunctional family over to her New York City apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal. Meanwhile, her live-in boyfriend Bobby (Luke) is out to purchase a suit so he can make a great first impression.

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April Burns (Holmes) has invited her estranged, dysfunctional family estranged {{dysfunctional family}} over to her New York City Manhattan apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal. Meanwhile, her live-in boyfriend Bobby (Luke) is out to purchase a suit so he can make a great first impression.impression.


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* ThanksgivingDayStory: Centers around April hosting her family for Thanksgiving dinner.
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'''Pieces of April''' is a 2003 {{dramedy}} written and directed by Peter Hedges in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/KatieHolmes, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, Creator/SeanHayes, Creator/DerekLuke, Creator/AlisonPill and Creator/OliverPlatt.

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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: April's boyfriend is black.

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'''Pieces of April''' is a 2003 {{dramedy}} written and directed by Peter Hedges in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/KatieHolmes, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, Creator/SeanHayes, Derek Luke, Creator/AlisonPill and Oliver Platt.

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'''Pieces of April''' is a 2003 {{dramedy}} written and directed by Peter Hedges in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/KatieHolmes, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, Creator/SeanHayes, Derek Luke, Creator/DerekLuke, Creator/AlisonPill and Oliver Platt.
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'''Pieces of April''' is a 2003 {{dramedy}} written and directed by Peter Hedges in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/KatieHolmes, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, Creator/SeanHayes, Derek Luke, Alison Pill and Oliver Platt.

April (Holmes) has invited her estranged, dysfunctional family over to her New York City apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal.

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'''Pieces of April''' is a 2003 {{dramedy}} written and directed by Peter Hedges in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/KatieHolmes, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, Creator/SeanHayes, Derek Luke, Alison Pill Creator/AlisonPill and Oliver Platt.

April (Holmes) has invited her estranged, dysfunctional family over to her New York City apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Takes place over the course of one singular Thanksgiving.
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'''Pieces of April''' is a 2003 {{dramedy}} written and directed by Peter Hedges in his directorial debut, and starring Creator/KatieHolmes, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, Creator/SeanHayes, Derek Luke, Alison Pill and Oliver Platt.

April (Holmes) has invited her estranged, dysfunctional family over to her New York City apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. When she attempts to cook her turkey, she finds her oven is broken, leading her to ask the other tenants to help her complete the meal.

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* BigApplesauce: New York provides the backdrop for April's subplot.
* CentralTheme: Racing against time, provoked not just by April's attempts to finish the dinner, but by this being expected to be her dying mother's last Thanksgiving alive.
* PopStarComposer: Stephin Merritt of Music/TheMagneticFields composed the score.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: April's boyfriend is black.

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