Pieces of April Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

April Burns (Katie Holmes) is a 21-year-old wild child with a very big problem. Against her better judgment, she's invited her straightlaced family for Thanksgiving dinner. Her boyfriend, Bobby, wants to help, but she banishes him from the apartment while she attempts to cook the meal. To make matters worse, she then discovers that her oven doesn't work. So, while April is forced to ask her eccentric neighbors for help in cooking her fifteen pound turkey, the Burns Family begins a reluctant journey from suburban Pennsylvania toward New York City's Lower East Side. April's Dad, Jim Burns (Oliver Platt) tries to convince the family that the day will be beautiful. Her mom, Joy (Patricia Clarkson) has her doubts and freely voices them. April's teenage sister and brother are squeezed between Grandma Dottie and a bag of snacks in the back seat as the Burns' family car hurtles toward Manhattan and what will most likely be certain disaster.

Comedy Drama

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  Katie Holmes

  The Giver, The Secret: Dare to Dream

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  Patricia Clarkson

  Shutter Island, Lilly

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  Oliver Platt

  2012, Year One

• D
  Derek Luke

  Captain America: The First Avenger, Self/Less

• A
  Alison Pill

  Midnight in Paris, Goon

• A
  Alice Drummond

  Doubt

• J
  John Gallagher Jr.

  I.S.S. , 10 Cloverfield Lane

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  Sisqo

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  Sean P. Hayes

  The Three Stooges, Monsters University

• L
  Lillias White

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  Isiah Whitlock

  I Care A Lot, Person to Person

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  Susan Bruce

Who is making Pieces of April – Crew List

A look at Pieces of April behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Peter Hedges last helmed Ben Is Back and The Odd Life of Timothy Green. The film's writer Peter Hedges last penned Pinocchio and Ben Is Back.

Director

Peter Hedges

Screenwriter

Peter Hedges

Producers

Alexis Alexanian
Holly Becker
John Lyons
Gary Winick

Production – What we know about the Pieces of April

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Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

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