unfortunately this movie try too hard to be a poor man coen brother movie but doesn not hold a candle and go nowhere . the low budget do not make up for an inadequate script that feel too much like an attempt to put a many oddball character into this short movie a possible . the story be about an estranged family go to visit their daughter or sister in new york and each be dread the encounter because of all the past trauma . we do not really know too much about the past because it only deal with on a surface level and too many attempt at funny moment preoccupy the running time of this film . katie holmes play the protagonist and a somewhat clueless bittersweet girl who need to find a way to cook a reasonably good thanksgiving dinner and hopefully to get her turkey do in time to meet the family . thus begin the long crazy nutty quest that will end when the twain shall meet . this isn not to say that this movie doesn not have it moment . it really do have very good part but it be a though the writer or director miss the boat entirely in spending so much time on the build up and the climax end far too quickly . unfortunately the build up be a bunch of comic moment with attempt at sweet humanity and a whole lot of obvious moment where the movie be merely a script where event just do not happen and people do not act a certain way . it not natural . like the coen brother this film be all about the character but unlike the coen brother there be precious little real effort make to make sure that the character act and say and do what the real character would . instead and the writing and direction go more for over the top humor and an attempt at one punchline . this film have a lot of promise . some very good moment and holmes do shine in her part and which actually doesn not delve very deep but save the film . most of the comment here be unfortunately shallow and the same people who just want a good hollywood like feelgood movie with shallow depth . the end be predictable and preposterous and unfortunately resolve nothing and be a mere cheap tug at the heart string which suckered in most of the reviewer here with style that isn not impressive . and they live happily ever after . it too bad this movie be completely forgettable and an opportunity miss .