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
Stats: 2,664 reviews
Flixster Reviews (2,664)
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May 30, 2009
Eh, 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, 2009
Uneven 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, 2009
Choke 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.
I enjoyed this movie immensely. Sure, it could have been better, and there were a few slowe...( read more) -
March 14, 2009
I 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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October 29, 2009
Funny, 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) -
October 28, 2009
As stupid as possible.
I canīt believe itīs written for the same person that wrote "Fight Club"!!
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October 26, 2009
I was curious to see the film translation of 'Choke' ( after reading this superb book a while back) and Im a huge fan of Chuck Palahniuk and it might be perceived that I'd need a bit of persuading that this is a highly trust-worthy adaptation. Well it is and it does it just remar...( read more)
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October 21, 2009
Hilarious! A dark comedy from one of my favorite authors, with a great cast.
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October 9, 2009
Heard it wasn't that good... but it was... you may have heard wrong... now you know... signed... self proclaimed best reviewer... and... done.
Critic Reviews
Choke tries to be dirty but manages merely to be dingy. full review
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
Choke is disappointing not for what it is but what it could have been. full review
Gregg's unstable direction mutes the humor and confuses the schmaltz, yielding a tonally discombobulated film. And a thoroughly discombobulated critic. full review
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
Though there are moments of viable dark humor, it feels glib and lacks the sardonic quality of the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. full review
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
All the pieces are here, but you have to glue the kite together to make it fly. full review
It's bizarrely flat -- it has no affect. It's like Palahniuk translated into Robotese. full review
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