April's Shower is a 2006 romantic comedy

Romantic Comedy

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 film. The film stars Maria Cina

Maria Cina

Maria Cina is an actor, producer and dancer from Buffalo, New York, and is best known for starring in the comedy film April's Shower-Life:Born in Buffalo, New York, Maria left home at 17 years old to pursue a dance career and landed in Las Vegas as a showgirl assistant to Sigfreid and Roy. She...

, Trish Doolan, and Randall Batinkoff

Randall Batinkoff

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. Doolan also served as writer, producer, and director for the film. The film was actually released as early as 2003 at the Hamburg Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and was subsequently released at other gay-themed film festivals in cities around the world, including San Francisco, Charlotte, Copenhagen, Tampa, Detroit, Rochester, and Dallas. The film gained wide but limited release in January 2006.

Plot

April's Shower begins with a group of people gathered for a wedding shower for April. At first, it seems to be a normal gathering for such an occasion but, as time goes on, secrets and stories begin to be revealed. Alex (Doolan) is a chef and a maid of honor at April's wedding. She ultimately reveals her true feelings which ends up taking an effect on everybody at the shower.

Cast

Alex - Trish Doolan

April - Maria Cina

Maria Cina

Maria Cina is an actor, producer and dancer from Buffalo, New York, and is best known for starring in the comedy film April's Shower-Life:Born in Buffalo, New York, Maria left home at 17 years old to pursue a dance career and landed in Las Vegas as a showgirl assistant to Sigfreid and Roy. She...

Jake - Joe Tabbanella

Joe Tabbanella

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Vicki - Denise Miller

Denise Miller

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August - Zack Ward

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Rita - Samantha Lemole

Franny - Molly Cheek

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Mary Beth - Victoria Reiniger

Fergus - Euan Macdonald

Kelly - Lara Harris

Spring Dawn - Delaina Mitchell

Devin - Jane Booke

Pauly - Randall Batinkoff

Randall Batinkoff

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Rocco - Frank Grillo

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Sasha - Honey Labrador

Sophie - Arly Jover

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Roxy - Gizelle D'Cole

Anna - Pamela Salem

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Cake Girl - Precious Chong

Torth - Jeffrey Gorman

Ted Burns - Raymond O'Connor

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Billy - Steve Portigiani

Blake - John Hardison

Reception

In a review for Out

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, Justin W. Ravitz said that the film was drowned by histrionics and featured characters with "sitcom personalities". Referring to the storyline of a lesbian leaving her girlfriend for a heterosexual lifestyle, he said that the film was "almost as insufferable as the real thing."