Former
Dawson's Creek good-girl Katie Holmes overhauls her squeaky-clean image with her surprising portrayal of April, the punky black sheep of the Burns family who's determined to fix her family Thanksgiving dinner in her run-down New York City apartment. Virtually estranged from both her difficult mother, Joy (Patricia Clarkson), who's learned not to expect anything other than trouble from her oldest daughter, and her well-meaning father, Jim (Oliver Platt), April is now willing to effect a reconciliation: Joy, it turns out, has been diagnosed with cancer, and this Thanksgiving may be her last. Joy's certain that the dinner, like everything else in April's l...
Released:
2003
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
80 mins