Review: Buffalo Kids is a kid-friendly revisionist Western with a huge heart
Tom and Mary, recently orphaned siblings from Ireland, arrive in the US accompanied by an air of celebration. The Statue of Liberty is being unveiled, with lots of fanfare and fireworks. It feels like a hopeful sign, a good sign, that things are going to be okay for them here in the so-called Land of the Free. But things hit a hitch pretty quickly, when their uncle from Sacramento fails to materialize, leading the siblings to wonder if he forgot, or something happened to him to delay his arrival. They decide to make their way to him instead, accompanied by their newly-found dog Sparky (who is extremely cute, a very Good Boy). Train fare is pricey, so the siblings hide amongst a group of orphans who are traveling West to unite with new families who are waiting for them. Buffalo Kids starts by saying that this story is inspired by the relationship of real-life siblings, referring to the kids of one of the film's directors, Pedro Solís (who directed alongside Juan Galocha). That grou...
