American Buffalo (1996)

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 26
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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1

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David Mamet's play about three losers planning a robbery is brought to the screen in an admirably simple, straightforward manner. Don (Dennis Franz) is the owner of an "antique store" (read: junk shop) who discovers that the buffalo head nickel he recently sold to a coin collector was a lot more valuable than he imagined. Don hatches a scheme in which he and Bobby (Sean Nelson), a teenage kid who works at the shop, will steal the nickel back and sell it for a much higher price. Teach (Dustin

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Michael Corrente

In Theaters: Sep 13, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Jan 23, 2001

Hallmark Entertainment

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Critic Reviews for American Buffalo

All Critics (43) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (6) | DVD (3)

A three-character, one-set chamber piece, pic lacks the bravura moments of the film version of the playwright's Glengarry Glen Ross

April 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Variety

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Daniel M. Kimmel

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Dustin Hoffman channels his Ratso Rizzo character from the 1969 Midnight Cowboy.

October 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Mesmerized by the trademark Mamet gutter poetry, Corrente directs unobtrusively and respectfully.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

In this overly theatrical version, Hoffman gives a mediocre performance in a role that Al Pacino excelled with on stage. Failing to open up Mamet's play, confined to one locale--a junk store--the film is claustropobhic and dull, lacking emotional payoff

February 12, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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