The acting is great, I liked the shots, and the movie is overall interesting and original. I do like it, but I don't LOVE it. It has a good start, but as it progresses, we only see Billy's development (kind of), while Layla just plays the naive teenage girl. We are given no explanatiom to why she likes Billy, or how she just goes off with Billy for a whole day, like, does she even have parents? Christina Ricci played the part well, I just feel like they could've gone more in depth with her character. Also, the romance part of the story wasn't as convincing as they wanted to make it be.
The film focuses on Billy, who is by the way, a great character, but it ends by leaning on the romantic relationship of the two, which is just not good enough. I feel like the film would've been better if, after Billy almost kills himself and buys Layla hot chocolate and a heart-shaped cookie, he finds the room empty. And then maybe kills himself, idk. Or even if we just get to see some sort of an ending instead of a happy ever after being hinted, which, possibly, ruined the movie for me. It's a solid movie, but just isn't a kicker.
Review of Buffalo '66
