
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).... (Full plot summary below)
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Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
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| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestVincent Gallo achieved something with this film that few first time directors have ever done. |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamAll bets are off. For my money, Vincent Gallo wins the Triple Crown of indie filmmaking -- for writing, directing and starring in Buffalo '66. |
| TimeRichard SchickelThis says nothing about Gallo's own demonic charm as Billy or his directorial boldness in juxtaposing the emotional surreality of his story with the bleak reality of his hometown in winter, creating a sort of casual but strangely haunting weirdness. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAlternately satirical and romantic, full of pain and humor, Buffalo '66 is a winner. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaIt may not be the masterpiece that its narcissistic writer-director-star Vincent Gallo has claimed to be, but his filmmaking debut is a ceaselessly fascinating piece of work. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinGallos movie is terrific, an original and disarming vision of a life that's all skids. |
| Boston PhoenixAlicia PotterWithout this emotional edge, Buffalo '66 ends up like the hard-luck football team at its center: it just misses. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanVincent Gallo, gaunt and pop-eyed, with a gaze of sexy, hostile paranoia, has the look of a born sociopath or a born movie star (or both). |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliGallo's script is quirky and filled with a number of hilariously strange comic moments. |
| Chicago 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. |