Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Alfonso Arau

Woody Allen stars in Picking Up the Pieces, playing a butcher named Tex who cuts up his adulterous wife (played by Sharon Stone) in a jealous rage. On his way to bury the pieces, he loses her ...( read more  read more... )hand on the side of the road, where it's found by a blind woman--and miraculously gives her back her sight. Before long, the hand has become a religious relic, drawing huge crowds to the small town of El Nino, New Mexico, and testing the faithlessness of a straying priest (David Schwimmer), who's in love with the town's leading prostitute (Maria Gracia Cucinotta, from Il Postino). Add to this a corrupt mayor (Cheech Marin), a lawman named Bobo (Kiefer Sutherland), who's committed to getting Tex behind bars, a trio of investigators from the Vatican (Elliott Gould, Andy Dick, and Fran Drescher), and you've got... well, it's hard to say what. Director Alfonso Arau previously made the wonderful Like Water for Chocolate, and although Picking Up the Pieces has a similar magical-realism flavor, it doesn't quite come together. The movie does have a genial, raffish atmosphere and a bizarre cast, all of whom are having a good time. Arau himself plays a small role with great charm. --Bret Fetzer

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R, 95 min.

Directed by: Alfonso Arau

Release Date: January 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001

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  • September 28, 2009
    An odd but quirky little comedy with and odd and quirky cast. I bought it for 1 pound but I would have easily bought it for 3!
  • November 20, 2009
    Tries to be funny but doesn't succeed. Terrible, really terrible.
  • June 27, 2009
    I'm just curious about thist one. WTF!! Weirdest cast ever!!
  • March 26, 2009
    this movie is awesome
  • January 17, 2009
    The stellar cast gave me high expectations, which only increased my disappointment with this terrible movie - a movie that thinks it is so much more clever than it actually is. A film that fancies itself a witty satire but is actually just a bemusing embarassment for all involved.
  • October 23, 2008
    Dang, I used to like this movie, when I saw it again, I was a bit disappointed at how limited it was. I remember it being a bit deeper and meaningful lol. At least theres a happy ending.
  • May 12, 2008
    Not enough Kiefer - great coyote neon sign, though!
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • March 14, 2008
    13th March, 2008, on DVD
  • March 14, 2008
    Tex (Woody Allen) chops up his wife (Sharon Stone) in a jealous rage and then burries her body parts in the desert. However, a blind old lady find one of her hands that Tex failed to burry. Suddenly healed by the miracle of the hand, the blind lady can see!
    Taking the hand back ...( read more)to her New Mexico village priest (David Scwimmer), the town is suddenly the place of miracles as the hand begins to heal and grant peoples wishes.
    However, Tex, and the police officer (Kiefer Sutherland) hunting him, need to get that hand back!
    'Picking up the Pieces' was a film that I had never heard of, but was pleasently suprised by.
    Woody Allen is his usual, quirky self, whilst performances by Schwimmer and Sutherland are also very good.
    The story is daft, but thouroughly enjoyable to watch.
    'Picking up the pieces' is a simple comedy that is pleasently suprising.

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