Each is in a different setting with its own complex, often unexpected characters. THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, at a little over two hours, tells six stories, united only by their imaginative take on traditional tales from lore of the American West and on their offbeat tone. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Mature themes, offbeat humor, and the dark side of human nature writ large make this violent movie appropriate only for mature audiences. Saloons are busy, cowboys drink - one gets very drunk. As a warning to an innocent young woman, a cowboy talks about the threat of rape. Occasional swearing includes "son of a bitch," "bastard," and "dammit." A prostitute is engaged for her services, but nothing graphic is shown. Characters are shot (often at point-blank range), stabbed, speared, hanged, and attacked by Native Americans "on the warpath," more as an ironic homage to old-fashioned Western movie clichés than as an example of racism. Heavy on violence (often with a wry twist), the movie's body count is high, and there's lots of blood. Topics range from a "singing cowboy" in a gun-happy town to a westward-bound wagon train, a bank robbery, a prospector on a quest for gold, and more. Each story, with its own cast of characters, is distinctive in tone, plot, and setting. Parents need to know that The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a six-story anthology set in a stylized version of the American West it was written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
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