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Buffalo Soldiers

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United Kingdom, Germany · 2002
Rated R · 1h 38m
Director Gregor Jordan
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War

Set before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the film follows Sgt. Ray Elwood, an American soldier stationed at a German army camp who sells narcotics on the side. When his fellow soldier dies and a toxicology screen shows an alarming level of illegal narcotics, someone is sent in to investigate.

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70

Film Threat by

The script’s extremely well written, the direction flawless, and the performances -- especially by the fantastic Joaquin Phoenix, gobsmacking.

50

L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor

As social satire, though, the movie is a nonstarter, completely lacking in the zany lunacy of "M*A*S*H" and "Dr. Strangelove," or the whacked savagery of "Catch-22."

67

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Paula Nechak

In some ways it suffers from the same unredemptive afflictions as Elwood and his gang: It's a bit flaccid and flabby and lumbers gracelessly along without self awareness or humanity.

75

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

The film is filled with spot-on performances, by Harris, Glenn, Phoenix, and by Paquin, who has grown up after her debut in "The Piano" to become one of the most gifted actresses of her generation--particularly in tricky, emotion-straddling roles like this one.

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