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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

US Box Office: $0

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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Reviews for Buffalo '66

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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

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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07/15/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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Gallo transforma um personagem antipático e instável em uma figura comovente, enquanto Ricci, em uma de suas atuações mais sensuais, quase rouba o filme.

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01/18/05
Pablo Villaca
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06/02/04
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05/20/03
Susan Tavernetti
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

Funny and quirky, with a great performance by Ricci. Gallo quickly grows annoying, though.

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03/18/03
Brian Mckay
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02/25/03
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Gallo and Ricci? Can you possibly go wrong? Well, maybe if you tried to be conventional, but there's no danger of that here.

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02/03/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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

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01/17/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

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

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

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
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