Chop Shop (2008)
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- Synopsis
- A street-smart orphan determined to make a better life for himself and his sixteen year-old sister spends his days working in an auto body repair shop in director Ramin Bahrani's gritty coming of age drama....
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- Starring
- Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Carlos Zapata, Ahmad Razvi
- Director(s)
- Ramin Bahrani
- Distributor(s)
- Koch Lorber Films
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 85 min.
Critic Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Now we have an American film with the raw power of “City of God” or “Pixote,” a film that does something unexpected, and inspired, and brave.Read the full review
Washington Post | John AndersonAdd Critic to Favorites
The director has created a not-to-miss gem for the discriminating viewer.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites
Everything about Chop Shop is modest - the movie's scale, the characters' ambitions. Another director might have tried to nudge the film's grim detours toward tragedy. And that might have worked, too. But Bahrani is a refreshingly deceptive director in that sense.Read the full review
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