
April's Shower is a comedy about love, romance and expectation. The story follows unpredictable twists and turns until it climaxes with a madcap finale. The hilarity belies the poignancy of truth and love and the laughter is punctuated with honesty, tenderness and pain. At the beginning, the cast assembles for a seemingly traditional wedding shower. The action is captured inside an eclectic, three-story craftsman - itself serving as a central character to the story. As the sc... (Full plot summary below)
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April's Shower is a comedy about love, romance and expectation. The story follows unpredictable twists and turns until it climaxes with a madcap finale. The hilarity belies the poignancy of truth and love and the laughter is punctuated with honesty, tenderness and pain. At the beginning, the cast assembles for a seemingly traditional wedding shower. The action is captured inside an eclectic, three-story craftsman - itself serving as a central character to the story. As the script progresses, layers are slowly pulled away revealing secret relationships and subversive undercurrents - the wedding shower quickly becomes a free for all. Just when we think we have a grasp on each character's inner-motives, more characters get sucked into the fray altering everyone's dynamic and the course of April's "perfect" shower. We open on the main character Alex, a chef, put out by her effort for the shower and struggling with her desire to make things "picture-perfect." She is really hiding her true emotional motivation behind a mask. As April, the bride-to-be arrives, Alex's mask begins to slip away. It slowly becomes obvious that Alex, the disgruntled maid-of-honor, carries a secret that effects not just the course of her life, but that of almost everyone at the shower. In the end, Alex unveils her secret, an act of truth, which forces this crazed cast of characters to re-examine their own lives. April's Shower demands you to ask how far would you go for true love and if you have the strength to live in your truth. Once you have walked into April's Shower you can never leave. The hunky pizza guy, the mad Scotsman and a parade of Firemen all become invited guests - men almost out numbering the women. With a shower like this, what could go wrong with the wedding?
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| Reel.comKim MorganPoorly shot, badly timed, lamely idiosyncratic, and annoying. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe phrase "lesbian comedy" is not exactly an oxymoron, but April's Shower is still a rarity, an expansive, talky and often zany romantic farce, with lesbian characters at its center. |
| NewsdayJan StuartHow do you stop it, a movie that labors as stridently for sitcom feel-goodness? |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisYet despite the absurdities and predictable outcome, April's Shower is enjoyable, primarily for its refreshingly volatile approach to sexual orientation. |
| Upstage MagazineKam WilliamsWith the preordained outcome of telegraphed in its opening scene, all that's left to enjoy of this mean-spirited melodrama, are politically-incorrect laughs at the expense of a bizarre cross-section of California kooks. |
| Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoThe movie suffers from a malady common to tiny indies of the let's-put-on-a-show variety -- it strains for irrepressibly nutty, but lands squarely in annoying. |
| User ReviewAlaura MLove, laughter and friendship take center stage in this touching comedy. An accomplished chef named Alex is consumed with the preparations for the shower she's throwing for her best friend, April. Although they're close, the two are experiencing some friction, the cause of which they have yet to uncover. As the minutes pass by, it's clear this is an event that neither of them will forget, and nor will their guests. Two thumbs up! |
| User ReviewFrancesca JI loved this movie. Have seen it a couple of times now, and each time it brings a tear to my eyes. Love the ending. |
| User ReviewKaarina MThe dialogue in this film is unbelievable. And it's not a typical "glossy" film but one with a natural flow to it. It's a good film with humor, romance and some chaotic craziness in it. |
| User ReviewPrivate UOdd...but funny in its moments. Lots of comedy-drama. |