BUFFALOED - A Load of Fun Starring Zoey Deutch

"Buffaloed" is a fast pace con movie with a formidable female foe.  Peg (a tour-de-force Zoey Deutch) a Buffalo born & bred broad knows early on she's meant for making money.   Peg knew how to bamboozle as kid.  Her power point pitch to her widowed mother and bigger, not brighter brother falls on deaf ears.  Her loving mother (Judy Greer) would loan Peg $1,000 for her daughter's capital venture except the family is deeply in debt and dodging debt collectors.  Undeterred Peg plans to attend an Ivy League school as a pathway to a profitable future.  There's no doubt Peg can achieve whatever she sets her mind to and her acceptance to a prestigious university is no surprise.  Unfortunately, there's no feasible way to pay tuition.  The city of Buffalo features in the film as much as buffalo wings, a buffalo head and the beloved Buffalo Bills.  Peg prints phony Bills tickets and sells them to easy marks and rakes in the cash.  This plan ends up landing Peg in the brink where she wastes no time plodding how to turn things around when she gets out.  Peg's fast talking, unflappable persona gets her a job as a debt collector.   Not taking no for an answer there's no way Peg is going to be outdone by her slimy boss (Jai Courtney) who skims off her earnings.  Peg hatches a plan to get rid of the middle-man and assembles her own posse of fast talkers including her former inmates.  "Buffaloed" is a load of fun starting with Peg fleeting through the squalid streets of run down Buffalo.  The sleaziness of squeezing out a buck is checked and balanced with humor, tenderness and a dynamo heroine.  Peg's romantic interest is the attorney who first prosecuted her.  Peg's mother & brother's cantankerous relationship is founded on unconditional love.  The zany work crew Peg pits together adds a piquant flavor to the dish.  The potpourri of cunning & colorful characters orchestrated by Peg makes a satisfying & enigmatic casserole served up for an acquired taste.  I recommend sampling this surprisingly clever picadillo picture with its recipe of uncommonly comical ingredients.