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Alice Drummond, Alison Pill, Derek Luke, Isiah Whitlock Jr., John Gallagher Jr.
April Burns is a wild, 21-year-old young woman with a very big problem. Against her own better judgment, she's invited her estranged, straight laced family for Thanksgiving dinner. Her boyfriend, Bobb...( read more
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I've wanted to see this movie for a while. It was definitely enjoyable. I'm starting to like these quirky, independent, true-to-life movies more than the big action blockbusters actually. You could feel the awkwardness of both sides of the family through the television.
A disappointing indie film that promised so much more. Only Patricia Clarkson?s performance is worth watching for as she?s, as always, on great form.
The most extraordinary lesson on family love and loneliness I've ever seen. A piece of indie filmmaking at its best. Katie Holmes has a role that seems written for Evan Rachel Wood but she does a nice work even if Patricia Clarkson kicks ass through the entire movie along with Jo...( read more)
the perfect dysfunctional movie for Thanksgiving. highly recommended.
The surprisingly refreshing story of a family estranged from their daughter, April. April has been a "screw-up" and a "misfit" and she never seems to do anything right. The family thinks that she is just trying to make them mad and maybe she was..., but now she is trying to put i...( read more)
When I first saw it, I hated it, but the more I watch it, the more I like it.
My friend told me I'd like this movie way back in high school. Now I'm 23, living in NYC, alone on Thanksgiving. Thank you holiday irony.
What a pull at your heart strings movie of all feelings of family...the good & the not so much.
