Synopsis
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
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Cast
- Sam RockwellVictor Mancini
- Anjelica HustonIda J. Mancini
- Kelly MacdonaldPaige Marshall
- Brad William HenkeDenny
- Clark GreggLord High Charlie
- Bijou PhillipsUrsula
- Gillian JacobsCherry Daiquiri / Beth
- Jonah BoboYoung Victor
- Paz de la HuertaNico
- Viola HarrisEva Muller
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
It's an indelibly warped cartoon of lust and despair. - 63
ReelViews
The movie veers with surprising ease between comedy and tragedy. Some scenes are hilarious; others are somber. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Some stretches are very funny, although the laughter is undermined by the desperation and sadness of the situations. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
While Choke, adapted for the screen and directed by Clark Gregg, is by no means a disaster, it is disappointing - and oddly dull. - 60
Film Threat
The film feels flat. I don't know how to express my criticism much more than to say that things unfold before you, but you never really engage in the world beyond just watching it. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
For much of the way, the film just feels like it's pressing too hard to make an impression. - 40
Variety
Palahniuk's antic absurdism is duly present, but the hurtling pace and barely-underlying nihilism that transferred to screen so vividly in "Fight Club" aren't much in evidence here. - 30
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Sam Rockwell strips himself down to pure appetite and has a buoyant spirit. But the film sure doesn't. It's bizarrely flat--it has no affect.
