Blu-ray Review – Where the Buffalo Roam

While 1985's "The Razor's Edge" is largely credited as the time Bill Murray finally decided to go dramatic, dialing down his habitually goofball ways to try out more introspective work, 1980's "Where the Buffalo Roam" is perhaps a more accurate starting position for the actor's career expansion. Building his name on "Saturday Night Live" and finding mainstream success with 1979's "Meatballs," Murray tries to go incognito for his portrayal of Hunter S. Thompson, the famed "outlaw journalist" who craved excess, using wild experiences and relationships to fuel his writing career. Endeavoring to become Thompson, Murray loses himself in an interesting way, but the movie doesn't reward his method intentions, with director Art Linson trying to herd cats with this adaptation of Thompson's stories. Linson wants to make a comedy. Murray wants to create a tribute. The film craves any scrap of structure it can find.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com