Review of Choke (2008) by Tommi N — 12 Aug 2009

Black comedy based on the Chuck Palaniuk book. Victor Mancini is your general prick; a guy who pretends to choke in resturants so the person/people that save him feel that they should send him checks on a regular basis to make themselves feel better.

Victor also pays regular visits to his dying mother, often pretending to be someone else. Amongst this, he is a, sort of, recovering sex addict and medical school drop-out who works in a colonial village as a tour guide/actor, playing the role of a worker from the old days.

Along with his friend, it seems life is going down the shitter for Victor. Until he gets some very interesting, possibly life changing news, from his mothers old diary. Sam Rockwell is brilliant as Victor Mancini, a great character to play as he shows many different sides to his personality during the film.

And there are also other great turns in the film from Anjelica Huston as Victors mum and Kelly Macdonald as a nurse who has alot more to her than meets the eye. A good black comedy that maybe won't be as successful as Palaniuk's other adaptation, Fight Club, but its a totally different film and good in its own right.