Pieces of April

Pieces of April is a movie starring Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, and Patricia Clarkson. A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.
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.