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Buffalo '66 (1998) Rank 5 Reviews
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SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)
Billy Brown's severe emotional trauma can be handed down to all of us, for his want of love and fear of love is, more than anything, entirely honest and relatable. ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)
Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Gallo plays Billy Brown, a wayward ex-con just out of prison. First on his agenda is a visit to his parents in Buffalo, New York. Billy has snowed them into thinking he's got a successful career with the government -- and a fiancee. En route to his odd ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
You'd think Billy Brown would be happy, getting released from prison.But, no, that only means he has to go back home to Buffalo, where he has tons of unresolved issues to work out with his self-absorbed parents.In fact, he decides he ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Ted Prigge
"Buffalo '66" is a very selfindulgent film. It's director and cowriter, Vincent Gallo, has crafted a film that deals with his own hangups, and is done in an extremely personal way, as if we're living inside the mind of Gallo and being brought his own ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Ted Prigge
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Billy is a loser. He bets 10 grand on the Bills to win the superbowl and when he doesn't have the coin to pay the bookie, he is forced to do jail time for someone else's crime as payment for his debt. After serving 5 years, Billy returns to Buffalo ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
I used to hate Vincent Gallo. Embarassed though I am to admit it, this is a near-brilliant movie. Writer/Director/Star Gallo proves himself as an artist (just ask him) and creates one of the most engrossing films of the year. Christina Ricci is far ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
You'd think Billy Brown would be happy, getting released from prison.But, no, that only means he has to go back home to Buffalo, where he has tons of unresolved issues to work out with his self-absorbed parents.In fact, he decides he ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
One of the few real independent movies to come out in 1998, this film combines an excellent troupe of actors, a quirky, humorous and sometimes serious script, with an amazing new set of visual techniques purposely orchestrated by the man behind all of ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
DeWyNGaLe
Gallo's character is developed very well. The impression that he is very depressed and confused is very clear. Gallo gives a performance that makes you believe what the character is going through. His character goes through many, many problems, just ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at DeWyNGaLe
San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)
San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)
Scott Renshaw
The premise sounds like the setup for farce or black comedy, but BUFFALO '66 is actually a sharplyobserved character study. Gallo's Billy is a portrait in emotional immaturity, his childlike name indicative of his inability to act like an adult. The ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Scott Renshaw
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Curious, but highly experimental film by actor/writer/director/composer Gallo in his writing/directing/composing debut. The story of a guy who returns home (from prison) to Buffalo is touching and bizarre, with equal emphasis on both. ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Dragan Antulov
different agenda namely to get something off his or her chest.Among the films that appear in theatres or video stores there are veryfew films that give impression of being motivated with such need.One of those precious titles is BUFFALO '66, 1998 black ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
different agenda namely to get something off his or her chest.Among the films that appear in theatres or video stores there are veryfew films that give impression of being motivated with such need.One of those precious titles is BUFFALO '66, 1998 black ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Dragan Antulov
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
"Buffalo '66" presents life--or, at least, the life of its gaunt, oddball protagonist, Billy Brown--as an unfulfilled quest for acceptance and love. The entire film can be summed in one scene, where Billy, in a state of sadness that borders on nausea, ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
artechock (Max Herrmann)
Billy Brown (Gallo) kommt nach fünf Jahren aus dem Gefängnis und muÃź pinkeln. Ein Bedürfnis, das einen meist vor keine grÃ¶Ãźeren Probleme stellt, wird für Billy zur verzwickten Lage: zunächst versucht er deswegen in den Knast zurückzukehren, dann ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at artechock (Max Herrmann)
Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)
Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Worth seeing, if only because it's one of the few films to spend much of its time focussing on the fact that people do, in fact, sometimes need to use the bathroom. ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Harvey S. Karten
If you can't get the love you want, then want the love you get. This appears to be the central purport of Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66," a quirky, autobiographical tale of the writer- director's younger days in the cold and snowy town of Buffalo, New ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Vice Central (Austin Hambrick)
That Cow (B. Kiefer)
Vincent Gallo's one man show - writer, producer, director, and star - results in a quirky film. It certainly feels low budget. The film is grainy and the edits are simple, but it contributes to the film. Gallo's Billy Brown is an everyman. He's just ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at That Cow (B. Kiefer)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Despite the occasional hiccups and drawbacks, Buffalo '66 proves to be a successful
debut outing behind the camera for Gallo. It remains to be seen whether he'll direct any more
films, but, if he does, hopefully he won't lose the ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Bob Bloom
Yet in some kind of strange way, Buffalo 66 turns out to be a charming little love story about two people who find themselves alone in the world.Buffalo 66 is different. It's not your mainstream linear type of story as it makes some curious detours from ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Bob Bloom
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Here's what we've heard about this film...
"...'Buffalo '66' is not only a wonderfully made and cinematically exciting movie, but it is also the very touching (and funny) journey of a man who is transformed by love. The movie is certainly not for ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Weird and darkly comic, Buffalo '66 is the story of the redemption of one almost- unbearable character afflicted with a phobia about everything. Played by Vincent Gallo (Palookaville), who often essays lowlife individuals, Billy Brown is at the bottom of ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Vincent Gallo's ``Buffalo '66'' plays like a collision between a lot of half-baked visual ideas and a deep and urgent need. That makes it interesting. Most movies don't bake their visual ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
DVD Verdict (Norman Short)
Movie-Vault.com (Morgan Goldin)
Jump Cut. Magazin für Film und Kritik
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
allesfilm.com (Markus Steiger)
Guess the Gross
filethirteen.com
World Socialist Web Site
DVD Verdict (Dan Mancini)
Expanded Cinemah
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Philadelphia City Paper (Cindy Fuchs)
[safe] (Terry Brogan)
Nashville Scene (Jim Ridley)
As Billy Brown, a just-released ex-con who spent five years in prison paying off a busted bet, Vincent Gallo delivers the artistic credo of Buffalo '66 dragging a kidnapped girl into a photo booth. "Simple pictures," he snaps, not even allowing her to ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Nashville Scene (Jim Ridley)
Anchorage Press (Brenda Sokolowski)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
DVDRAMA
Un DVD qui rend justice au film et à son étalonnage froid si particulier : superbes couleurs, bonne définition et compression qui respecte le grain cinéma d’origine. Que dire de plus ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at DVDRAMA
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Vincent Gallo has proved himself a good actor in many films--in Arizona Dream, The Funeral, and several Claire Denis movies. But the first feature in which he functions as director, cowriter, composer, and star is a pathological curiosity. Candidly and ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
As an early writing instructor once pronounced after hearing a spiteful memory piece by a student named
Tennessee Williams, "Well, I suppose we all have to paint our nudes." With Buffalo '66, Gallo has
sketched the outline for a ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
The Boston Phoenix
filmdeculte.com (Danielle Chou)
Billy Brown est un homme formidable. Les amis d’enfance lui envient son épouse délicieuse, le voisinage entier jalouse ses parents indulgents, la terre miséricordieuse bénit le jour de sa naissance. Le soleil chante, les abeilles butinent. La vie ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at filmdeculte.com (Danielle Chou)
Jan-Willem Swane
Boxoffice Magazine
Daily-Reviews.com (Chuck Dowling)
Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Buffalo 66 is a quirky independent comedy that's heavy on the quirky and independent, and light on the comedy. Vincent Gallo's directoral debut, the film is a meandering mess that almost comes together at the end. Billy Brown (Gallo) has just got out of ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Steve Rhodes
Starting as a black comedy and eventually dissolving into tragedy, the movie features wellknown actors in unbelievable and unlikable roles. Only Christina Ricci as Layla, his fake wife, is a credible and interesting character.Layla, with her sheetwhite ...read the complete Buffalo '66 movie review at Steve Rhodes
User Reviews
by Danny Pyle on May 29, 2009
Ever since I saw this movie the first time on the Sundance Channel on cable TV, it has been in my mind. The strong willed yet mentally troubled protagonist Billy Brown seeks revenge against a man that he has never met, yet discovers unexpected forks in ...
by retrowrestling on April 29, 2009
I admit to originally renting this movie because of Christina Ricci during her fuller-figured days. Aside from Ricci, I did not expect much else from this movie, but what I did get during the process was a lot more than I ever thought. I will delve a bit ...
by Anabel Tavera "at... on January 09, 2009
It was difficult to find this dvd at stores
and i needed it as a christmas gift for my
best friend because she loves this movie
and didnt have it. The dvd was brand new
and i payed less than [...] bucks for ...
by Suzette Kontra on December 28, 2008
This was a gift for my brother in law who was extremely excited to receive this as a gift......they actually still made it? He LOVED it so there ya ...
by C. Rocklein on February 13, 2008
"30 years I haven't missed a game." says Billys mother. Buffalo has just missed a field goal on TV. "They haven't won the championships since 1966, and I missed that game 'cause that's the day I had Billy.."
Billy went to prison. The movie starts ...
by R. Simon "Moni" on July 24, 2007
Few films will survive the weight of time and technology... This will certainly be ...
by Mark "Gay Madison... on June 29, 2007
This movie was an odd and interesting one. It is a story of a man that is incarcerated for a crime of not paying his bookie and then planning his revenge on the football player that lost the superbowl in prison. He is released from prison and it is the ...
by Dan Pope on October 19, 2006
Brilliant, oddball indie film. Gallo adds touches of stylistic beauty to this dark story of a young man released from prison who goes home to visit his parents. During this visit Ben Gazzara lip-synchs to a "Nelson Riddle arrangement" in his bedroom. ...
by John Boland "John... on August 06, 2006
The opening scenes of this film are PRICELESS! I'll never forget the opening scenes.....I won't tell you what they are but you'll identify with them! The rest of the film is also very good---perhaps alittle variable----but heart-warming none the less. ...
by Jeremy A. Zentner on July 11, 2006
"We're husband and wife spanning time!" are the harsh words quoted by Billie Brown (Vincet Gallo). This, I believe, is romance in it's true form. Born out of greed love suffers through constant fights and bickering between the two. Though I suppose ...
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