Choke (2008) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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Disappointing not for what it is but what it could have been.Read the full review
Some stretches are very funny, although the laughter is undermined by the desperation and sadness of the situations.Read the full review
It's an indelibly warped cartoon of lust and despair.Read the full review
As the story of a wallowing pig, Choke is often pretty entertaining, but when it comes to where-do-I-come-from poignancy, it can't always keep from gagging.Read the full review
The movie veers with surprising ease between comedy and tragedy. Some scenes are hilarious; others are somber.Read the full review
An annoying little film that attempts to be lascivious but is merely ludicrous.Read the full review
I walked out of Choke feeling hustled, which is appropriate enough, I guess, for a movie that's a portrait of a compulsive hustler.Read the full review
For much of the way, the film just feels like it's pressing too hard to make an impression.Read the full review
It adds up to an entertaining collection of vignettes strung together by a sarcastic loudmouth whose heart is breaking under his sophomoric bravado.Read the full review
Cluttered, flavorless Choke, which crams the novel's nervy narration into an irritating voiceover, and leaps around in time and space with all the attention span of an ADD-addled child.Read the full review
