69
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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyIt's all somehow both familiar and dazzling, just as Ricci's kidnapped tap student, forced to pose as the protagonist's wife for his horrifically indifferent parents, is somehow both nondescript and heartbreaking.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAlternately satirical and romantic, full of pain and humor, Buffalo '66 is a winner.
- 80Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsGallo transcends the medium in a manner I only associate with David Lynch. It's brilliantly spooky.
- 80The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinCool, stark compositions and the occasional audacious visual trick give Buffalo '66 a memorable look even when its narrative enters the occasional uneventful stretch.
- 78Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIn the end, it's a love story after all, but a peculiarly Gallocentric one -- cheap, nasty, but salvageable nonetheless.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPlays like a collision between a lot of half-baked visual ideas and a deep and urgent need. That makes it interesting…and the film contains an astonishing performance by Christina Ricci, who seems to have been assigned a portion of the screen where she can do whatever she wants.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliGallo's script is quirky and filled with a number of hilariously strange comic moments.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyBy turns raw, naturalistic and indebted to John Cassavetes, both stylistically and thematically.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)New York Magazine (Vulture)Has an authentic rotgut flavor, but here's the question for the future: Will Gallo learn to criticize his own ideas or continue to pride himself on screwing up?
- 30Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumFor me the film creates more embarrassment than sympathy, but at least it's a kind of embarrassment that's instructive.