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. Joy, th mother, played here by the ever-amazing Patricia Clarkson ("High Art", "Green Mile", "Dogville", delivers a joyless, wry sense of humor with a desperate conviction, which makes her characterization worth of our sympathy and even a little grudging admiration.
There is an abundance of low-key funny moments, and oddball characters.
- The sympathetic neighbor, moved by April's sad childhood horror story: "Mi casa, su casa", moving aside to reveal a messy apartment with dirty cats crawling over a dysfunctional oven.
温馨小品，可以被感动到鼻子发酸的COMEDY。 用细节来打动人。 10万美元的低成本，16天的拍摄，其实很多人能做到，生活太匆忙，我们总是错过很多美好，回头在品味，却早已物是人非
它讲的是一个小女孩从家庭中脱离出来因为母亲的即将逝去又融合进去的家庭情感故事。影片流露出的情感氛围在悲伤和幸福之间摇摇摆摆，伤感和温馨交织一起，分不清到底是喜是悲，它不会让你觉得沉重，也不会让你突然兴奋，它涉及到了死亡，还有热门的青少年话题，所以它的基调大体是灰暗的，但灰暗是跳跃的，青春的气质不时涌现出来，影片又经常闪现明媚，比如可爱的姑娘，热恋中的情侣，还有和蔼的中国邻居的活泼的小兄妹。我得承认人生就是痛并快乐着，苦闷中因为幸福才会哭泣，两种情绪相互映衬，任何事物在阳光的背面都不可避免的藏着一道阴影。从一开始，那个叫“April”的女孩张罗开来的期待同她家人中有人面临长途奔波的反感和无奈就形成强烈的反差，身患绝症的母亲免不了要在旅途的颠簸中饱受一番折磨，有点尖酸刻薄的妹妹始终理解不了姐姐的性情转变而显得烦闷。这个家庭最后的一次团聚，因为“April”的若有若无而显得格外难堪，不久于人世的母亲更是倍受煎熬，她无法忘记“april”曾给她带来的创痛，而生命的最后一刻又无法拒绝对亲生骨肉的最后一份留恋
“四月碎片”总是被琐碎感动
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