Picking Up the Pieces vs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 4.3/10 for Picking Up the Pieces). Picking Up the Pieces is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 2h 12m. Picking Up the Pieces is the older of the two (2000 against 2018). Both are comedy, mystery, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Picking Up the Pieces
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs| Picking Up the Pieces | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.3/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, Western |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Alfonso Arau | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Main cast | Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sharon Stone, Andy Dick, Woody Allen | David Krumholtz, Clancy Brown, Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Willie Watson |
Synopsis
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.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
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