Broken Flowers vs Picking Up the Pieces

Broken Flowers has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 4.3/10 for Picking Up the Pieces). Picking Up the Pieces is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 46m. Picking Up the Pieces is the older of the two (2000 against 2005). Both are comedy, mystery, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Sharon Stone.

Broken Flowers posterBroken Flowers2005 VS Picking Up the Pieces posterPicking Up the Pieces2000
Broken FlowersPicking Up the Pieces
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 4.3/10
Year20052000
Length1h 46m1h 35m
GenresComedy, Drama, Mystery, RomanceComedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJim JarmuschAlfonso Arau
Main castChris Bauer, Jeffrey Wright, Frances Conroy, Sharon Stone, Chloë SevignyKiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sharon Stone, Andy Dick, Woody Allen

Synopsis

Broken Flowers

Introverted Don Johnston receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates Don to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames seeking answers.

Picking Up the Pieces

A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.

Where to watch

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