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Maria Cina, Trish Doolan, Randall Batinkoff, Frank Grillo, Lara Harris ... see more see more... , Denise Miller , Raymond O'Connor , Pamela Salem , Zack Ward , Molly Cheek , Arly Jover , Jane Booke , Honey Labrador , Samantha Lemole , Delaina Mitchell , Victoria Reiniger , Precious Chong , Eloise Dejoria , Joe Tabbanella , Euan K. MacDonald , John Hardison , Jeff Gorman , Steven Portigiani , Giselle D'Cole , Joe Tabb

A woman negotiates the tricky etiquette of celebrating the wedding of her former girlfriend in this independent comedy. April (Maria Cina) and Alex (Trish Doolan) are close friends who have something ... read more read more...of a past together -- both are lesbians, and they were lovers for several years. Alex is still attracted to April, but April has moved on -- so much so that April one day announces that she's going to marry Pauly (Randall Batinkoff), a pleasant but dull man who was introduced to April by her mother (Molly Cheek). Understandably, Alex is a bit taken aback when April asks her to be her maid of honor, but for the sake of their friendship she accepts. However, things get a bit frazzled when Alex has to put together a bridal shower for the woman she still loves. April's Shower was the first feature film from writer and director Trish Doolan, who also plays Alex. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Trish Doolan

Release Date: June 26, 2004

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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006

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Mick LaSalle
January 13, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The film has a pleasant spirit and lively dialogue, and what's more, seems to be coming from a specific cultural and geographical location. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
January 13, 2006
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

It wrings almost no laughs or tears from this seemingly idiot-proof premise, taking 45 yawn-filled minutes to introduce its collection of severely stereotyped characters, whose conflicts then play out...

Elizabeth Weitzman
January 13, 2006
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

If there is a single phrase that should strike fear in the hearts of innocent moviegoers, it is 'writer-director- producer-star.' Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
January 12, 2006
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

A lighthearted comedy about the outing of a bride-to-be and her five-year relationship with her maid of honor. Full Review

Carina Chocano
January 12, 2006
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

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. Full Review

Jan Stuart
January 12, 2006
Jan Stuart, Newsday

How do you stop it, a movie that labors as stridently for sitcom feel-goodness? Full Review

Robert Koehler
January 10, 2006
Robert Koehler, Variety

Any genuine emotions get smothered in inept humor. Full Review

Ben Kenigsberg
January 10, 2006
Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice

Sitcom pizzicato underlines each comic development. Full Review

Kam Williams
May 25, 2007
Kam Williams, Upstage Magazine

With 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 o... Full Review

Kim Morgan
January 13, 2006
Kim Morgan, Reel.com

Poorly shot, badly timed, lamely idiosyncratic, and annoying.

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