American Buffalo: Critic Reviews

A three-character, one-set chamber piece, pic lacks the bravura moments of the film version of the playwright's Glengarry Glen Ross

Dustin Hoffman channels his Ratso Rizzo character from the 1969 Midnight Cowboy.

Mesmerized by the trademark Mamet gutter poetry, Corrente directs unobtrusively and respectfully.

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

A colossal letdown that ends up running in place.

My example of a great Back Shelf Beauty

There is little sense of tension, nor any dramatically sound resolution. American Buffalo seems to end rather abruptly - but not a moment too soon

Powerful and overlooked,lost in the shuffle.