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Buffalo '66

1998

Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke ...

7.2

10,697

Drama. Romance It's winter and Billy (Vincent Gallo) has just been released after a five year prison stint into the bleak landscape of an industrial area outside of Buffalo. He heads home to his parents' house who don't know where he's been for the last five years. But he wants to return as the prodigal son who's been off on secret missions rather than the ex-con he is. And he wants to return with a beautiful wife, so he abducts a young tap dancer ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A collision between a lot of half-baked visual ideas and a deep and urgent need. (...) There's not a thing conventional about this movie (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Personal and private almost to the point of self-absorption, the film is ultimately saved from neurotic narcissism by the director's self-deprecating humor and unapologetic honesty about his own dysfunction."
		Kim Newman Empire	"Vincent Gallo's ego gets the better of his storytelling in his acting-directing-writing debut, but there are flashes of genuis that make it worth watching (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Scott Tobias AV Club	"Even for those with a Gallo allergy, Buffalo ’66 remains a distinctive, thrillingly idiosyncratic piece of filmmaking"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"Both an impressive first film and an irritating one, Vincent Gallo's 'Buffalo 66' exudes honest emotional expression and overweening ego in equal and continuous measure."
			"A brave, honest, stimulating film, this reaches parts other movies don't even know exist."
		Bob Graham SFGATE	"Clearly, Gallo's film is a very personal one, and I sincerely hope that "Buffalo '66" is not his only shot. For me, this is the film discovery of the season."

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