Pieces of April (2003)
- Synopsis:
- Dysfunctional family dramedy about reluctant suburbanites traveling to New York on Thanksgiving to dine with their estranged daughter, who has problems of her own with an uncooked turkey and no working oven.
- Starring:
- Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson
- Director:
- Peter Hedges
- Rated:
- PG-13
13 handpicked matches for Pieces of April
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The Daytrippers (1997)
The Daytrippers is a Close match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: Lighter, more humorous, non-holiday road movie limns closer family's search for a daughter's errant husband.
- Starring:
- Hope Davis, Pat McNamara
- Director:
- Greg Mottola
- Rated:
- R
- Runtime:
- 88
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The Daytrippers
(1997) (R)
More Humorous
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The Daytrippers (1997)
The Daytrippers is a Close match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: Lighter, more humorous, non-holiday road movie limns closer family's search for a daughter's errant husband.
- Starring:
- Hope Davis, Pat McNamara
- Director:
- Greg Mottola
- Rated:
- R
- Runtime:
- 88
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Little Miss Sunshine
(2006) (R)
More Humor
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More Humor
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine is a Close match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: Faster paced, more comedic portrait of a disjointed family. More screwball road-trip plot with quirkier characters.
- Starring:
- Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell
- Director:
- Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
- Rated:
- R
- Runtime:
- 102
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What's Cooking?
(2000) (PG-13)
More Episodic
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More Episodic
What's Cooking? (2000)
What's Cooking? is a Close match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: Four families face similar pressures to reconcile at Thanksgiving in more episodic comedy-drama.
- Starring:
- Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert
- Director:
- Gurinder Chadha
- Rated:
- PG-13
- Runtime:
- 109
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The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001) (R)
Quirkier, Funnier
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Quirkier, Funnier
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums is a Creative match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: The father is the black sheep in this offbeat, more multi-layered comic tale of another fractured family.
- Starring:
- Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston
- Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Rated:
- R
- Runtime:
- 108
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Home for the Holidays
(1995) (PG-13)
More Sitcom-Like
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More Sitcom-Like
Home for the Holidays (1995)
Home for the Holidays is a Creative match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: More purely comic Thanksgiving dysfunctional family fable limns a wackier holiday reunion with sitcom-like humor.
- Starring:
- Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr.
- Director:
- Jodie Foster
- Rated:
- PG-13
- Runtime:
- 103
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Miss Firecracker
(1989) (PG)
More Atmospheric
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More Atmospheric
Miss Firecracker (1989)
Miss Firecracker is a Creative match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: Rural beauty pageant contestant has similar family issues in more atmospheric, Southern-set comedy drama.
- Starring:
- Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen
- Director:
- Thomas Schlamme
- Rated:
- PG
- Runtime:
- 102
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Lars and the Real Girl
(2007) (PG-13)
More Eccentric
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More Eccentric
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Lars and the Real Girl is a Creative match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: Boy romances doll in more eccentric, moving dramedy offering more offbeat take on dysfunctional family relationships.
- Starring:
- Ryan Gosling, Paul Schneider
- Director:
- Craig Gillespie
- Rated:
- PG-13
- Runtime:
- 107
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The Station Agent
(2003) (R)
More Offbeat
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More Offbeat
The Station Agent (2003)
The Station Agent is a Creative match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: Patricia Clarkson also stars in more off-kilter, touching drama focusing more on friends as family.
- Starring:
- Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson
- Director:
- Tom McCarthy
- Rated:
- R
- Runtime:
- 88
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Smoke
(1995) (R)
More Complex
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More Complex
Smoke (1995)
Smoke is a Creative match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: More complex multi-layered drama shares similar tone as it limns issues confronting Brooklyn cigar shop denizens.
- Starring:
- William Hurt, Harvey Keitel
- Director:
- John Landis, Wayne Wang
- Rated:
- R
- Runtime:
- 112
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Six Feet Under
(2001) (NR)
Darker Humor
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Darker Humor
Six Feet Under (2001)
Six Feet Under is a Creative match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: Darker humor punctuates this TV series about equally dysfunctional family and their funeral home.
- Starring:
- Jeremy Sisto, Peter Krause
- Director:
- Kathy Bates, John Patterson
- Rated:
- NR
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Dan in Real Life
(2007) (PG-13)
More Romantic
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More Romantic
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Dan in Real Life is a Borderline match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: A man falls for his brother's girl in this more romantic family reunion fable from the same writer/director.
- Starring:
- Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche
- Director:
- Peter Hedges
- Rated:
- PG-13
- Runtime:
- 98
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The Family Stone
(2005) (PG-13)
More Mainstream
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More Mainstream
The Family Stone (2005)
The Family Stone is a Borderline match for Pieces of April
Our Clerk Says: More mainstream romantic comedy limns holiday reunion between yet another dysfunctional family.
- Starring:
- Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Parker
- Director:
- Thomas Bezucha
- Rated:
- PG-13
- Runtime:
- 104
