American Buffalo

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2001 Filmcritic.com

Hardly Mamet's finest play-cum-film, American Buffalo has that Mamet cadence, but none of the soul. Revolving around the pathetic attempts of two penny-ante crook wannabes and their plans to rob a coin collector, the film is circular, pedantic, and in the end, without a point -- if the picture tells us anything, it's to eschew pawn shops.

Bookmark and Share

Rating

2.0 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Michael Corrente
  • Producer: Gregory Mosher
  • Screenwriter: David Mamet
  • Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
  • MPAA Rating: R