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06/24/06
American Buffalo (1996)
79 %
Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 19 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Synopsis: A plot to steal a potentially valuable buffalo-head nickel binds together two mistrusting, disaffected schlubs and their young, would-be accomplice. David Mamet adapted the screenplay from his hard-biting 1975 stage play. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
Director: Michael Corrente
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01/01/00
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Mesmerized by the trademark Mamet gutter poetry, Corrente directs unobtrusively and respectfully.
07/23/07
In this overly theatrical version, Hoffman gives a mediocre performance in a role that Al Pacino excelled with on stage. Failing to open up Mamet's play, confined to one locale--a junk store--the film is claustropobhic and dull, lacking emotional payoff
02/12/07
A three-character, one-set chamber piece, pic lacks the bravura moments of the film version of the playwright's Glengarry Glen Ross
04/29/05
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There is little sense of tension, nor any dramatically sound resolution. American Buffalo seems to end rather abruptly - but not a moment too soon
11/16/03
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10/15/02
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06/05/02
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03/04/02
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