Comedy, Drama
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Transamerica
The Horse Whisperer
Basquiat
The Cuckoo
Secret Beyond the Door
The Terminal
Men in Black II
The Hustler
Heavenly Creatures
Arlington Road
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Princesses
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Good Shepherd
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Notes on a Scandal
Bridge to Terabithia
Meet the Robinsons
TMNT
Gloomy Sunday
SIMILAR MOVIES
Transamerica
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2005
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.The Horse Whisperer
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1998
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.Basquiat
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1996
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.The Cuckoo
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 2002
September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.Secret Beyond the Door
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1947
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.The Terminal
IMDB 7.3 | Jun , 2004
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.Men in Black II
IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 2002
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.The Hustler
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 1961
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.Heavenly Creatures
IMDB 7 | Sep , 1994
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.Arlington Road
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1999
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes a backseat when a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door.The Story of the Weeping Camel
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 2003
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.Princesses
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2005
Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal immigrant, after she finds her in the bathroom, badly beaten up. They strike up a close friendship unbeknownst to Caye's xenophobic co-workers.The Talented Mr. Ripley
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1999
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.The Good Shepherd
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2006
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.Don't Worry, I'm Fine
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2006
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.Notes on a Scandal
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 2006
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.Bridge to Terabithia
IMDB 7.3 | Feb , 2007
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.Meet the Robinsons
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2007
Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.TMNT
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2007
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City.Gloomy Sunday
IMDB 7.8 | Oct , 1999
Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well.