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Buzzard

The slacker nightmare of your dreams.

2015 · 1h 37m · Not Rated Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by Joel Potrykus

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Overview

Paranoia forces small-time scam artist Marty to flee his hometown and hide out in a dangerous Detroit. With nothing but a pocket full of bogus checks, his Power Glove, and a bad temper, the horror metal slacker lashes out.

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89%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Like Potrykus, Burge shows great daring, his performance a high-wire act of ballistic anomie and genuine empathy; we may find Marty repugnant, but only because we fear ending up like him, a disillusioned hellion desperate for a way out.

Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
Fresh

With its casual deadpan attitude, Buzzard offers a nightmare portrait of arrested development and anomie for the age of inequality.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh

Potrykus's puckishly outrageous visions are short on insight, but they pack an enduring hallucinatory power.

Richard Brody, New Yorker
Fresh

Love it, hate it or tolerate it with reluctance, "Buzzard" has a ruthless clarity of vision, and breaks new ground in pushing character-based comedy right to the edge of profound discomfort.

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh

Tough to categorize, tougher to shrug off, "Buzzard" firmly places young indie filmmaker Joel Potrykus on the ones-to-watch list.

Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times

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