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Watch: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 123movies, Full Movie Online – Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	7.3/10 Votes: 147,957
	89% | RottenTomatoes
	79/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 3419 Popularity: 19.397 | TMDB

Reviews:

Dark comedy ends up just dark
Six separate stories of life in the old west, all visually stunning, well written and acted, some more enjoyable than others. The first story, about the namesake Buster Scruggs, is by far the best. Fast, clever dialog, funny and pays homage to classic Westerns. It easily could have been expanded into a full movie. The second story, which is very short, is full of irony and quite good. The next three stories take a bleak and depressing turn, lose the humor and go on much too long. Another reviewer said it best that although they are well done, it’s hard to connect to the characters or stories, and ultimately are boring. I hung on hoping some of the dark wit would return, but it never did.

Six Pairs of The Emperor’s New Clothes
A more fitting title for The Coen Brothers’ Western Anthology THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS would be Six Ways to Die in the West. Not only is each vignette about death, but the misleading title refers to the first story and that’s it. Maybe if Tim Blake Nelson’s singing cowboy was the blanket narrator it would make more sense…

Then again, he’s so annoying, maybe not. In fact, SCRUGGS is one of several of the main characters that doesn’t only die but deserves death: The hybrid of a THREE AMIGOS style gussied-up Amigo, Pinhead from FREAKS, Jim Varney’s Ernest and Kermit the Frog, the entire point of a surprisingly tough crooner who only looks nerdy steps upon the second story featuring James Franco as a scruffy bank robber, titled NEAR ALGODONES…

In this case, Franco’s outlaw loner only seems more resilient than a chubby bank teller played by nerd’s nerd Stephen Root. There’s some potential in the sparse-shot, Spaghetti Western tableau, but like the first story, it ends before it really begins (and concludes with an absolutely gorgeous actress named Grace LeSueur in a small but very important role)…

Leading to the worst of the lot, featuring Liam Neeson as the traveling manager of a limbless (no arms or legs) British storyteller, who looks and feels embarrassingly contrived and unrealistic. In attempting to be Gothic and eerie, MEAL TICKET is boring, dreary and monotonous, relying on jump cut edits and, once again, ending with a death that lacks meaning or, worst yet as part of a post TWILIGHT ZONE anthology, any kind of irony whatsoever…

Which can’t be said for (skipping to) the finale, THE MORTAL REMAINS, an ultra-dark fable that’s perhaps intentionally obvious, being spoiled in the summarized description: Three people on their final carriage ride… Seeming to exist merely for the Coens to paint-stroke some good old fashion religious-vs-existential philosophical dialogue, it’s overloaded with pointless, meandering exposition… In fact, the images shown from a page-turning hardcover book before each segment are far superior than what follows…

As the quietest story has Tom Waits in ALL GOLD CANYON as an old, gruff, determined and of course, gravelly-voiced miner who thinks he’s found “the pocket” on a hill, ascending from a creek between what’s the most beautiful scenery. At least this one has a decent twist, somewhat, but it takes too long to pan out (pun intended)…

And the most intriguing entry stars young and homely-cute Zoe Kazan as THE GAL WHO GOT RATTLED: On a wagon train after her vapid brother dies, she’s awkwardly courted by a shy yet perfect-looking, potentially cool cowboy who winds up overshadowed by his strong yet mild-mannered wagon master: the closest thing to a heroic, no-nonsense, Indian-fighting John Wayne type: But the nervous, cruel ending is a microcosm of the entire movie: one that painfully looks and feels like a made-for-cable, non-theatrical program before they started to look and feel like the real thing…

Marred by intrusive CGI, sloppy edits, pretentious camera maneuvers, and futile attempts at symbolism, the Coen Brothers really fail at capturing the essence and purpose of The Short Story. Making what was originally intended to be a Limited Series… six full-length episodes to binge on… utterly unfathomable. So while the worst thing about BALLAD are the endings, the best thing is they do each end i.e. die-off quickly. It’s just too bad the characters couldn’t have lived and breathed a little beforehand for their inevitable exits to matter. What’s here are six Western tragedies without a single ounce of tragedy.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 13 min (133 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writer Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Jack London
Actors Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 3 Oscars. 7 wins & 41 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa Mini, Arri/Zeiss Master Prime and Arri/Fujinon Alura Lenses, Arri Alexa XT Studio, Zeiss Master Prime and Fujinon Alura Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor On-Location Services (digital dailies by), Technicolor PostWorks NY (digital intermediate services provided by)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Codex
Cinematographic Process ARRIRAW (2.8K) (source format), Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Spherical (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema, Video (Ultra HD)