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Buffalo '66 (1997)

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Reviews Counted:38

Fresh:30

Rotten:8

Average Rating:7.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the... An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original. Gallo portrays Billy Brown, who has just been let out of jail. Before returning home to visit his parents and murder the kicker who missed the field goal that sent him there in the first place (in order to repay a debt that he didn't have the money to extinguish), he kidnaps a bored ballerina (Christina Ricci) and makes her pretend that she is his wife. Though she doesn't seem to object to the abduction, Billy is emotional, angry, and sensitive. As the trip progresses--including an explosive visit to his childhood home, where his indifferent parents still reside--the two continue bicker back and forth, but begin to form a real bond. [More]

Starring: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara

Starring: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Corrigan, Rosanna Arquette, Jan-Michael Vincent

Director: Vincent Gallo

Director: Vincent Gallo
Screenwriter: Vincent Gallo, Alison Bagnall
Producer: Chris Hanley
Composer: Vincent Gallo

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Buffalo '66 left me confused and unsatisfied, yet it's not an easy movie to dismiss.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/17/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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(A) bleak, outstandingly creative film...(Gallo's) wounded, embittered performance is captivating, and so is his filmmaking.

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01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
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It may not be the masterpiece that its narcissistic writer-director-star Vincent Gallo has claimed to be, but his filmmaking debut is a ceaselessly fascinating piece of work.

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05/03/09
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

[An] eccentric little road movie that never really leaves home.

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01/01/00
Ed Kelleher
Ed Kelleher
Film Journal International

Actor Vincent Gallo makes a feature directing debut with this bizarre, self-indulgent tale of a troubled guy, played by him in a narcissistic mode, who has never reconciled his unhappy childhood.

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Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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...the darkly beautiful work of an autistic, damaged child.

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07/31/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

If Martin Scorsese, John Cassavetes, and Abel Ferrara took turns directing scenes of a film written by and starring Jerry Lewis, it might resemble Buffalo '66.

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08/21/09
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

a love song to director-star Vincent Gallo by screenwriter Vincent Gallo (orchestrated, coincidentally, to the strains of music by Vincent Gallo)...

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06/23/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

The comedic edge to the story works well, though at times the film seems too arty.

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01/01/00
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Unfortunately, the bottom line is that it's tedious and pointless. Better luck next time.

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