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Buffalo Soldiers (2003)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:78
Rotten:32
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Overall, this caustic comedy hits more of its targets than it misses.
Theatrical Release:Jul 25, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $213,664
Synopsis: Joaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely... [More]
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Anna Paquin
Director: Gregor Jordan
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Reviews for Buffalo Soldiers
Top CriticThe film hits so many dissonant notes and random targets that its dark, dry wit is hard to locate in the buckshot.
08/08/03
Suffers from melodramatic overkill.
08/08/03
Top CriticBuffalo Soldiers rebounds with a closure that repeats its opening - a scoundrel's circle of life. It's as if Sgt. Bilko found himself in a Catch-22 after surviving a M.A.S.H. unit.
08/08/03
It captures almost exactly the deadpan sarcasm and world-class bitterness most privates feel toward the vaunted entity that has absorbed them.
08/08/03
Top CriticFresh and funny, sometimes brutally so.
08/08/03
...the movie's derision lacks the focus and conviction a good socio-political military lampooning needs to make its point clear.
08/08/03
While Buffalo Soldiers has some pungent moments, it's also much more obvious and lead-footed than the movies it aspires to emulate.
08/07/03
A sharp, savagely funny look at the Army during peacetime with 'nothing to kill but time.'
08/07/03
Top CriticIt pits a compelling central character against a formidable adversary in an intriguing setting while keeping you riveted to the cat-and-mouse strategizing, surprise turns and a few moments of actual warmth.
08/07/03
Top CriticBuffalo Soldiers is a haunting look at a Cold War era military that is not at war with the Soviet Union but with itself.
08/07/03
It's the performances that hold Buffalo Soldiers together.
08/07/03
If it sometimes feels as if this is re-MASHing some of the same terrain as Robert Altman's classic from 1970, the fun is in watching Elwood's dream come true.
08/07/03
Top CriticBoasts a noirish script and a top-drawer cast.
08/07/03
Fresh, funny, and defiantly against these flag-waving times.
08/07/03
Buffalo Soldiers takes place only 14 years ago, but its world seems more ancient than From Here to Eternity.
08/07/03
Its woozy, scattershot approach is a mishmash of bad throwaway gags, military clichés and dopey dope jokes.
08/07/03
Top CriticIf you don't see the humor in it any time during the first half hour, leave. Trust me. If you stay, you've passed the test -- sit back and enjoy one of the year's finest films.
08/06/03
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08/05/03
A caustically funny alternative to the overblown epics now playing the multiplexes.
08/01/03
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