Pieces of April (2003) Peter Hedges’ dysfunctional family film set in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, stars Katie Holmes, and features Patricia Clarkson, Alice Drummond, Derek Luke, Alison Pill and Oliver Platt. A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her (tenement) apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.  Rated PG-13: 1 hour 20 minutes.