Pieces of April' (2003) a harsh, sweet tear-jerker

Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Katie Holmes' standout film has a low budget but high value as it tells a sympathetic story of a dysfunctional family.
A near-perfect movie about an imperfect family, “Pieces of April” (2003) could serve as a template for how to make a low-budget film. Writer-director Peter Hedges, who also penned 2002’s “About a Boy” but is too talented to have such a sparse resume, follows Thanksgiving-meal-cooking April (Katie Holmes), her boyfriend Bobby (Derek Luke), and April’s traveling

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