
Awkward Thanksgiving
2014-11-07 · 107 min · ★ 3.3
Thanksgiving is a time when families get together to eat good food and share in the spirit of thankfulness. That's of course, a best case scenario. Some families are so tangled in a web of drama from financial issues, relationships, and so on that lead to big blow outs or worse, long awkward silences. This is the story of one of those families.
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- Directors
- Henrique Couto
- Production companies
- New Dynamic
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 250,000
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Joni DurianEllen
Erin R. RyanNancy
Haley MadisonSharon
Joe KiddUncle Herman
Marylee OsborneRenee
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