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American Buffalo (1996)

Rate: 1
Viewed: 7/17

AmBuff
7/17: To be honest with you, I have no clue what American Buffalo is all about.

Effortlessly, it has landed on my Worst Films List. All I can say to everybody is: slow the fuck down. But no...the dialogue must be delivered at a rapid machine-gun pace. Who the hell cares if I can't comprehend any of it? Just keep going and make up shit.

Dustin Hoffman won't shut the fuck up for a second. It's amazing how much he committed the rubbish bullshit to memory. Dennis Franz just stands there, nodding his head away in the affirmative to whatever what his co-star was saying. Sean Nelson was probably selected for the role based on his performance in Fresh, but his acting ability isn't the same anymore.

American Buffalo was penned by David Mamet in 1975, and it took twenty-one years for the play to be filmed. That being said, some things are best left alone. It tries too hard to be the next Glengarry Glen Ross. On the other hand, I can never understand why people would want to buy something from that junk shop. Looking around, I can only spot a NES console that's worth buying, depending on the price, but it's probably over 100 bucks. So, forget about it.

All in all, American Buffalo represents the worst of the theater world.