Review of Picking Up the Pieces (2000) by Uriel A. V — 09 Apr 2011
This film is a work of genius! Complex and cheeky, this is what "a priest and a rabbi go into a bar" joke should be. I've read some users consider it too weird, but that's just how magical realism is.
Magical realism is very common in Latin America, and it combines reality with "fantasy." Honestly, I'm almost scared to call "Picking Up The Pieces" a fantasy, since many Latinos think miracles are real, and the situations seen in the movie are exaggerations of what we see in Latino news all the time.
There's always a town trying to canonize someone, or claiming they saw the Virgin at the bottom of a well. The addition of the Jewish sense of humor with Woody Allen and David Schwimmer made it into an absolute classic in my opinion.
This film combines all the things I love, and reminds me of how good comedies used to be before the "Frat Pack" took over.
This review of Picking Up the Pieces (2000) was written by Uriel A. V on 09 Apr 2011.
Picking Up the Pieces has generally received negative reviews.
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