Choke

Choke (2008)

  • 54% of critics liked it
    (137 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (32,772 ratings)

Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) has got some problems -- when he's not at Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings hunting for women to bed, he masquerades as a choking victim in restaurants as a scheme to gather money from unsuspecting strangers, which he uses to keep his ailing mother (Anjelica Huston) in a… More

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
Clark Gregg
Written By
Clark Gregg
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 26, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Feb 17, 2009
Fox Searchlight

Critic Reviews

  • Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

    I found it choppy, I found it dull, I found it disinteresting.

  • Ben Lyons, At the Movies

    This movie is only marginally enjoyable.

  • Kyle Smith, New York Post

    Choke tries to be dirty but manages merely to be dingy.

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    Rockwell has an off-center charm and, as his gorgon mother, Anjelica Huston is more imposing than this movie deserves.

  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe

    Choke is disappointing not for what it is but what it could have been.

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  • Robert C


    Felt like a great premise that got "watered down". Like it wanted to be darker, but for whatever reason never quite goes there. Which is sad, because I think it would have been a much better film, if it had. Great performances from the cast with Anjelica Huston (who I… More

  • Veronique K


    the title "choke" refers to a man who makes a living by disguising himself as choking victim. this man happens to be a sex addict. there's no surprise this kind of story is written by chuck palahniuk, who favors to utilize caricatured social outsiders to delineate the… More

  • Anthony L


    Choke the film is like the book in many ways and not like the book in many ways. First off, It's a great book but not one of Chuck Palahniuk's best. It should in no way be compared to Fight Club as they are both very different films. I thought Sam Rockwell was very well cast… More

  • Chris W


    This is the second film based on a work by Chuck Palahniuk. Like Fight Club, this is a gleefully subversive and offbeat fllm that it twisted yet quite enjoyable. This might be a slightly more faithful adaptation, but it is not quite as memorable. I enjoyed the book, but it is so… More

  • paul o


    As a fan of Sam Rockwell, I thought his acting could redeem this mediocre story of a sexual addict living his life of torture. With flimsy flashbacks and poor execution, Choke just made me nod and gave me a little choke after finishing it.

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