Overrated

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Watching Buffalo 66 because as per the title the film was shot a good deal in the city that is home to me now. I did recognize a few places, but the rather weird story kind of put me off.Vincent Gallo plays a young man newly released from prison who has hidden his incarceration from his parents is now coming home to his less than loving parents Ben Gazzara and Angelica Huston. He's said he's married so he has to produce a wife. What to do but kidnap a wife and in this case Christina Ricci.Usually that kind of premise signals a comedy, but Buffalo 66 is anything but. Sadly the best part of the film is with the parents which covers about half. The rest is half.Gallo and Ricci are quirky but in this case it wasn't enough to grab me and hold my attention. I'm in agreement with other reviewers who say Gallo feels no self worth due to the environment he was raised in. The future isn't optimistic for either of them.Acting honors go to Gazzara and Huston. Wish the whole film had been about these two self centered jerks.

I watched this movie because of all the glowing reviews of this and was sorely disappointed. It's low budget, low quality filming, with terrible writing. It looked like it was filmed with a home movie camera or something. Logically it makes no sense at all. The dude just treats her really badly and is a jerk yet she wants to be around him. Interjected in the movie are these bizarre flashbacks that are weird. The entire movie is weird with spontaneous dancing out of nowhere or weird singing like it's on a stage but it's really just in a bedroom. Very unrealistic and just plain dumb. It may be the worst movie I've every seen and it's really annoying how the dude just complains and is mean talking and rude to this girl all the time. I wish I had never seen this.

i had never heard of this guy Vincent Gallo before i happened to watch this movie. Later i also learned that he had been in company with likes of Jean Michael Basquiat.Verisimilitude of performances and sequence of events can actually make you feel all of it happening with you. Human being in despair develops dangerous ideas in their mind as a means to show their hatred towards things that disappointed them. And sometimes he is so obsessed with the idea, he becomes oblivion of all the facts.Billy brown was force to get himself convicted as a favor to pay his debt. When he is released from Jail he is filled with rage and his only motive is to kill Scott woods who he believes deliberately lost the game for 'Buffalo'. Billy batted for Buffalo and their loss got him into debt. But before that he once wishes to visit his parents who are least excited to see him after long. His mother is only happy to see his son alive and not eager to know anything except his good looking wife. Billy, to present himself reasonably for couple of hours in front of his parents abducts a young dancer who falls for him at first sight. Though the proposal of pretending herself as his wife and visiting Billy's parents seems an absurd idea she agrees to do so without any resistance. Billy's obsession to kill Scott Woods fails him to realize the true love of that girl until towards the very end of the movie.Billy's disturbed and confused state of mind is well portrayed by Gallo and it will drive you to hysterical laughters. Ricci is so adorable, no one but only Billy can neglect her charm.

This film is about a man who has just got out of prison. He kidnaps a girl and makes her pretend to be his wife in front of his parents.You need to be in a certain mood to appreciate the subtle beauty of "Buffalo '66". The lead character Bobby Brown is not a likable person at all, as he is rude, aggressive, impulsive and egocentric. The plot might appear slow moving, but underneath this slow motion there is a wave of emotional undercurrent. Bobby is unloved throughout his life, which is so well portrayed by the shocking interaction of Bobby and his parents. The relationship between Bobby and Layla is strange and yet captivating. The motive of Bobby for finding someone to love is clear, but unfortunately we do not know why Layla cooperates with Bobby. She could easily have walked away, but she chose to stay. "Buffalo '66" would have been even better if Layla's backgrounds and state of mind were told.