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Buffalo Soldiers Reviews

2001

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Joaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely of ex-convicts and school dropouts, Elwood takes advantage of his daft commanding officer, Col. Berman (Harris), by selling heroin .. Read more

Starring	Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Elizabeth McGovern, Dean Stockwell
Director	Gregor Jordan
Genres	Comedy

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  - 7
  Brilliantly biting satire
  
  Excellent and really funny black comedy set in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall. It concerns the goings on of American soldiers in peacetime... read more »
  
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  - Goldenboots
  - 53 reviews
  - East Grinstead, England
  - 10 Feb 2004 at 14:05
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  - 0
  Mad-cap, irreverant, but not without heart & mind
  
  Joaquin Phoenix is great in this as a reluctant hero. There's more of Heller's great book Catch-22 I'd suggest in the story then MASH as oft-... read more »
  
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- 1081095
- - MikeyMouse
  - 37 reviews
  - West Drayton
  - 12 Jan 2012 at 17:29
- - 0
  - 2
  Somewhat of a let down
  
  bit dissapointed thought this would be much more of a comedy but was still quite enjoyable,not one i would watch again
  
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- - chasckd
  - 377 reviews
  - Telford
  - 26 Oct 2010 at 21:41
- - 0
  - 0
  War is Hell...
  
  ...but Peace is Boredom!
  
  This movie was quite a surprise. I pleasantly got caught up in the story.
  
  Growing up in West Berlin during the ... read more »
  
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- - Brighouse1971
  - 151 reviews
  - Brighouse, WY
  - 07 Feb 2010 at 22:59
- - 0
  - 5
  Buffalo Soldiers
  
  This film is full of bad language, sex, violence, drugs, and bloody scenes. It was not what I was expecting but it was my own fault for not researching the film... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Coventry
  - 21 Jul 2009 at 09:04
- - 0
  - 0
  This film was ok
  
  In my personal opinion this was a bit too slow and long for me and I had no idea what the point of the film was at the end.
  
  One bit in the film I ... read more »
  
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- - eternal12
  - 53 reviews
  - Croydon
  - 17 Jun 2009 at 10:48
- - 2
  - 0
  Not a review, more an observation
  
  If Anna Paquin and Joaquin Phoenix had a kid together, they could call it Joaquin Paquin. How cool would that be?
  
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- - BobbyShaftoe
  - 26 reviews
  - Cheshire
  - 09 Mar 2009 at 14:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Very impressed
  
  If you have an ironic perhaps slightly twisted view of the humourous, you cannot go wrong with this. Barnstorming performances from the main stars, this is ... read more »
  
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  - Maidstone
  - 01 Feb 2009 at 12:33
- - 0
  - 0
  Lacking.....
  
  This film potential to be really good unfortunately I felt there was something missing. The storyline just did not seem strong enough for me. Ok there was ... read more »
  
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- 690999
- - a customer
  - Manchester
  - 19 Jan 2009 at 15:57
- - 0
  - 0
  Good Black comedy
  
  It's not the best film Joaquin Phoenix has starred in but it was enjoyable.
  
  3 out of 5 represents this well. Nothing amazing that I will tell my ... read more »
  
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- - ThisIsTheOne
  - 8 reviews
  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 24 Sep 2008 at 21:02
- - 0
  - 0
  Gripping
  
  I found the film very gripping, however a more convincing conclusion would have sufficed.
  
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  - London
  - 07 Sep 2008 at 21:00
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- - 42
  - 7
  Brilliantly biting satire
  
  Excellent and really funny black comedy set in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall. It concerns the goings on of American soldiers in peacetime... read more »
  
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- 1675
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  - Goldenboots
  - 53 reviews
  - East Grinstead, England
  - 10 Feb 2004 at 14:05
- - 28
  - 14
  WHAT A NASTY MIXTURE
  
  With a cast including Ed Harris, Scott Glen and Dean Stockwell I thought it must be worth watching. Wrong. Not their fault but what you get is an unpleasant ... read more »
  
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- - Peter
  - London
  - 28 Aug 2004 at 15:58
- - 18
  - 3
  A joy to watch, a homage to M*A*S*H
  
  Phoenix plays Elwood - the guy who can get things. Selling army materials to Germans has paid for his brand new Mercedes and a top level way of life - until ... read more »
  
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- - Moose
  - Greater London
  - 16 Jan 2004 at 19:26
- - 17
  - 1
  Cynical, touching and uplifting
  
  Although it was made way back in 2001 Buffalo Soldiers was held back from release for its negative portrayal of American soldiers. In 2003 it finally hit ... read more »
  
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- - principessaleah
  - HERTS
  - 14 Mar 2004 at 22:57
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  - 6
  dont just stand there gawping like you've never seen the hand of god before!
  
  This film has been way over rated. True, it has some interesting things to say about bored American soldiers misbehaving because they have no war to fight, but ... read more »
  
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- - adam81
  - salop
  - 27 May 2004 at 12:44
- - 7
  - 2
  Set in the 1980's ...
  
  Set in the 1980's on an American Army Base in Germany, Buffalo Soldiers presents us with a satirical view of life in the military at the end of the cold war... read more »
  
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- 26428
- - jw250#1
  - LONDON
  - 30 Dec 2003 at 00:23
- - 6
  - 1
  Modern day Sergeant Bilko
  
  Excellent film! Not the usual American War Movie. More like a modern day Sergeant Bilko. I would highly recommend it.
  
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- 299991
- - DVDalex
  - Nottinghamshire
  - 20 Feb 2004 at 12:00
- - 5
  - 1
  Considering its less ...
  
  Considering its less than glowing depiction of the American military, it's little surprise this film went M.I.A. in the wake of 9/11. Buffalo Soldiers ... read more »
  
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- - Gareth#54
  - CAMBRIDGE
  - 18 Apr 2004 at 18:22
- - 4
  - 1
  Not Bad
  
  Certainly not the worst film I've seen, although a little over rated
  
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- - a customer
  - North wales
  - 03 Jun 2004 at 13:54
- - 4
  - 1
  Grabs the bull by the horns
  
  A refreshingly idiosyncratic movie in these blockbuster dominated times “Buffalo Soldiers” is a mix of “Mash,” “Catch 22 “and &#... read more »
  
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- - Northernsky
  - 318 reviews
  - Halifax
  - 13 Apr 2004 at 20:47

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  Joaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely of ex-convicts and school dropouts, Elwood takes advantage of his daft commanding officer, Col. Berman (...