igetlostalot Review of Picking Up the Pieces

Picking Up the Pieces (2000)

Campy film starring Woody Allen and a whole bunch of others

[6/10 · 30 May 2000]

'Picking Up the Pieces' has a campy-type of feel about it, centering around the all-healing chopped-off hand of a philandering wife (forever stuck in the shape of 'the bird'). Something notable about the film is the extremely diverse cast - Woody Allen, Cheech Marin, David Schwimmer, Kiefer Sutherland, Fran Drescher, Andy Dick, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sharon Stone. The casting director must have had a field day with this one. The movie kind of reaches one level and just hangs there all the way through. It's not all that funny, it's not all that smart. But any scenes involving Woody Allen and his dog or Woody Allen and his deceased wife (Sharon Stone) make the film worth it. C+