Anjelica Huston, Brad William Henke, Clark Gregg
Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009
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Flixster Reviews (2,676)
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May 30, 2009Eh, this wasn't terrible or anything, but more often than not it felt phoned in and kind of flat. Sam Rockwell was definitely on sleepwalk mode here. The only standout in the cast was Anjelica Huston, but her character was also the most interesting and her opportunities for expre...( read more)
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May 3, 2009Uneven comedy drama with a quirky charm. Rockwell is perfectly cast in the lead and most of the humour works but Macdonald struggles to convince. Brave attempt.
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March 23, 2009Choke is a brilliant dark comedy about sexual deviates. It's about the things we all need to do to feel a rush out of life, or to know we're alive. About people's fears with relationships.
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March 14, 2009I loved this movie, it was fucking great! coulda been better had they used a more darker tone 2 the film but i still loved it.
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November 18, 2009Original and funny. It's definately a certain kind of humor and not everyone will understand it or appreciate it, but I really loved it. Sam Rockwell did a really great job and really drove the movie. His character is so orrible, yet he still comes off as a real likeable characte...( read more)
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November 16, 2009This film was really faithful to the book, Victor was well cast. Enjoyable!
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November 9, 2009Anarchic, dark and funny, Clark Gregg has done a pretty solid job of bringing Chuck Palahnuck's story to the screen.
Sam Rockwell equals a perfect Victor. You can't help but root for the guy whilst he indulges in his addictions, knowing full well that it can come to no good. H...( read more) -
October 29, 2009Funny, strange, offbeat. This film had the potential to be very cool but went off the track somewhere along the way....or maybe it was just missing something.
"We let the world tell us whether we're saints or sex addicts. Sane or insane. Heroes or victims. Whether we'r...( read more)
Critic Reviews
November 21, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
October 18, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Choke tries to be dirty but manages merely to be dingy. full review
October 1, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
Choke is a relatively small film designed for quirky tastes and on that level and for Rockwell's manic performance, it's worth a look. full review
September 26, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Choke is disappointing not for what it is but what it could have been. full review
September 26, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Gregg's unstable direction mutes the humor and confuses the schmaltz, yielding a tonally discombobulated film. And a thoroughly discombobulated critic. full review
September 26, 2008
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
The perfect film for the entire family. That is, to paraphrase another great American writer, James Ellroy, if your family happens to be named Manson. full review
September 25, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Though there are moments of viable dark humor, it feels glib and lacks the sardonic quality of the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. full review
September 25, 2008
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Choke is too low-key for its own good, and neither Rockwell nor Macdonald seems able to find the right psychic momentum to move this thing along the way it needs to be. full review
September 25, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
All the pieces are here, but you have to glue the kite together to make it fly. full review
September 22, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
It's bizarrely flat -- it has no affect. It's like Palahniuk translated into Robotese. full review
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June 13, 2008I Loved the Book, it was dark, surreal and fully of gritty wit and humor. Just seeing the trailer for this Film adaption makes me feel violently sick. Someone desided to take the Soul out of this story, that seems pretty clear...even without waching it
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