Buffalo 66

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Alana M It`s so refreshing and invigorating to see a film like this. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/09/25 Full Review Richard P The intimate, idiosyncratic and very funny Buffalo '66 --directed by and starring Vincent Gallo, from a semi-autobiographical script co-authored with Alison Bagnall --feels like a projection of Gallo's very psyche. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/25 Full Review Jonathan K Not totally sure what I just watched, but I get why it has a cult following. It’s the weird you sign up for. Visually, it’s got this vintage, art-house thing going on, and it pulls that off pretty well. The acting is strong across the board, and you can tell everyone’s fully leaning into the oddball vibe. Vincent Gallo's character is a man-child and honestly pretty annoying -- but I think that’s the whole point. You’re supposed to watch him develop or evolve or whatever. The soundtrack is sparse but cool, and it’s extra impressive that Gallo did all the music himself. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review john h Painted all over with black comedy, a personal independent style and a distinctive pace. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/05/25 Full Review S M How can a man freshly released from prison kidnap a young woman and convince his family that he has secretly been living a successful life for the past five years? That shouldn’t be possible, yet in Vincent Gallo’s Buffalo ‘66 it seemingly is. Billy Brown (played by Gallo) is a cold and dysfunctional man, who believes he can convince his equally cold and dysfunctional family that Layla (Christina Ricci), a young woman he kidnaps from a dance class, is his wife and that he has been a highly secretive CIA agent for the past five years. In reality, Brown has spent time in prison for a crime he did not commit to pay off debt over a $10,000 bet that the Buffalo Bills would win the Superbowl, a team his mother obsesses over and neglects her son for. Buffalo ‘66 is a dreamlike drama, reminiscent of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and Wim Wender’s Paris, Texas (1984), due to its offbeat romance and melancholic tone. Out of Vincent Gallo’s directorial films, this is by far his most palatable, as well as his most acclaimed. The film lives in a somewhat melodramatic space with emotions driving the film, while surrealism snakes its way in, leaving audiences wondering if everything is simply a dream or a false memory of Billy’s. Gallo took a technical risk shooting the film on 35mm reversal stock, an unstable and now discontinued method, which paid off greatly in capturing the dreamlike quality the film is so notorious for. When approaching this film, it is crucial to take a critical perspective of the characters. No one can be trusted as reliable, and for many characters, as morally good. No character proves themselves to be likeable either, except for maybe Layla, a fan favourite. Over the course of the film Billy experiences slight character development due to her impression on him, thanks to the classic Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope as emphasised by her famous tap dancing scene. As for my opinion of Buffalo ‘66, I did quite enjoy it and it is certainly one of the more visually appealing films I have watched in a while. I left feeling inspired by its aesthetics and perhaps slightly in love with Layla, while also deeply frustrated by Billy. Throughout the film he proves himself to be a rather unpleasant person, as illustrated by his uncomfortably long (and homophobic) search for a toilet. We are given few reasons to root for him, in many ways he created the mess he's in, like placing an absurd bet on an unfavourable team to win the Superbowl, the catalyst of the entire film. And yet despite all of this, he seemingly gets away with everything in the end. While a lot of the film remains unclear as to what is a fabrication of his, it is easy to assume that he and Layla end off on a good note, something I personally was not a fan of. My biggest gripe with the film is that things work out for Billy, I do wish that he experienced more punishment for being so damn insufferable. All in all I am glad to have seen the film, because like Billy, I cannot seem to get Layla out of my mind. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/25 Full Review Horror fan 4 This is a terrible movie. From the start I didn't like the characters. The writing is generic and this wasn't dramatic or funny at all. The lact of chemistry between Ricci and Gallo is obvious. I was bored out of my mind watching this. Tim Treakle Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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