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Pieces of April
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Metascore
70 out of 100

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    100
    Both heartfelt and tough-minded.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    This gentle comedy marks the feature directing debut of writer Peter Hedges, a gifted writer who's perhaps best known for the screenplay based on his novel "What's Eating Gilbert Grape."
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    30
    Manipulative and cloying, Pieces of April turns into something altogether creepier, even pathological, whenever first-time filmmaker Peter Hedges (screenwriter of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "About a Boy") brings up race.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. JudithM.
    10
    One of the best movies I've seen all year!
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  2. JeremyF
    8
    Very cute, very good film. I really like it. This is a superb spell-binding from Katie Holmes. (Aw, look at Katie homes pre-Cruise... it';s so nice.)… Expand
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