Pieces of April

Nestor 2022-03-20 08:01:22

I watched "April Fragments" (2004 US) yesterday. The director is very clever. Using the American Thanksgiving Day as a small incision, it reflects the American family concept and the indifference between family relationships. It seems that he is also advocating the Chinese family concept to the old...

Stuart 2022-03-20 08:01:22

Another good film ruined by a hurried-tidy ending.

Production value, as is usual with low-budget indies, is pretty low. The handheld camera is use to the optimal benefits, emphasizing the confines and the cheap squalor of April's apartment, and making her and her boyfriend's warmth more touching....

Aaliyah 2022-03-20 08:01:22

A Thanksgiving-themed American family film, weird but not funny, but a little moving at the end when the moment at the end points to the meaning of Thanksgiving.

Dylan 2022-03-24 09:03:51

Thinking about it again in a few days, it suddenly feels like it's full of design. It's not that it's not good enough, it's just a little bit better. I still prefer "true". At a certain moment, the clues were revealed. It was clumsy, immature, and I didn't know how to cover it, but I would suddenly gain sympathy and better understand the author's good intentions. I can watch Xiao Wu seven or eight times, but this movie is almost the same after watching it three times and taking notes. Compared with the delicate cover, it is more charming to reveal yourself without any cover.