Pieces of April (2003)
This Ends at Prom
Brennan Klein
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
"Once, there was this day... this one day when... everyone realized they needed each other."
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so The Wives Colangelo are discussing a rare festive film. Most people remember PIECES OF APRIL for the cover art of an alternative Katie Holmes with choppy bangs and box-dyed red hair, but few remember the micro-budget charm of a story about an estranged young woman attempting to host what might be the last holiday she ever has with her family before her mother passes from cancer. With an Oscar-nominated performance from Patricia Clarkson and a message of how family can go beyond your blood relatives, let PIECES OF APRIL be the warm hug you need ahead of what may be a tumultuous holiday season with your own family.
BONUS: Poppa Colangelo stops by to tell a little family story! (Stay for the end of episode button, trust us.)
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Article Referenced
Happy Hagfish: Pieces of April Holds Up 20 Years Later https://happyhagfish.com/2023/11/22/pieces-of-april-holds-up-20-years-later/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations. And welcome to This Ends at Prom. A coming of age podcast highlighting |
| 0:06.8 | cinema about or marketed towards teen girls. I'm one of your hosts, B.J. Calangelo, and I'm |
| 0:13.0 | joined by my wife. Harmony Calangelo, a trans woman who grew up watching none of these movies. |
| 0:18.7 | Is today's movie a Queen Bee? Or are we killing the teen dream? |
| 0:23.1 | Get in loser. |
| 0:24.2 | We're analyzing the movies. |
| 0:25.6 | People make fun of us for loving. |
| 0:28.2 | I don't want to be your merch, girl. |
| 0:31.7 | I want to be your goddamn idol. |
| 0:35.1 | And I don't want to have to work twice as hard for the same motherfucking title |
| 0:41.3 | But I |
| 0:43.3 | Realize |
| 0:47.3 | That I |
| 0:50.3 | Probably won't |
| 0:53.3 | Be so lucky. |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:01.0 | Thanksgiving is not a fun experience for a lot of people, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this year's Thanksgiving is going to be |
| 1:14.0 | so, so much worse for so many people. That is if they go at all. I think this is where a lot of |
| 1:22.8 | people are going to write off some family. I, for the best. I think so. This is the perfect movie for the season. |
| 1:29.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.4 | One of the ten Thanksgiving movies that exist out there and about how much family is very |
| 1:36.3 | difficult and finding other people who are nicer to you. |
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