Review of Choke (2008) by Jeff Otto for ReelzChannel.com — 16 Sep 2008

A smart, dark, sleazy breath of fresh air...

You can read the full review where it was originally posted online.

This review of Choke (2008) was written by Jeff Otto and published by ReelzChannel.com on 16 Sep 2008.

Choke has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Choke

Review of Choke (2008)

By Nilufer R (1,189) on 30 Jun 2013

Well, this movie doesn…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By Evan K (781) on 16 Jan 2016

Doesn't reach the heights of the novel, but still captures enough to be good in its own right…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 14 Apr 2017

Yes, it's not for the squeamish or easily offended, but its sordidness is more superficially shocking than wickedly satirical…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By Kevin R (2,184) on 25 Feb 2015

A severely underrated work loosely based on Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name. Bizarre but charming to the right sort of audience…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By Kenneth D (170) on 06 Sep 2013

Choke is loyal to it's source material and Rockwell is his usual electrifying self, but it's missing the emotion, dark comedy and insight of…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Jan 2015

These ideas may well have cohered in Chuck Palahniuk's best-selling satirical novel, which I haven't read, but in this screen adaptation by…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By Rainbodragon (23) on 19 Nov 2013

I hated Fight Cub, but found this to be much more thoughtful without the overwhelming amount testosterone…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By Eric M (1,401) on 17 Apr 2013

It was okay. Kind of played out like Californication as a movie - similar in theme with the sex addict lead character…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 19 May 2017

A strangely warm, affectionate look at bad behavior amid emotional damage and a stranglehold of identity issues…

Read Review

Review of Choke (2008)

By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Feb 2016

It adds up to an entertaining collection of vignettes strung together by a sarcastic loudmouth whose heart is breaking under his sophomoric bravado…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Maurice (1987)

By Charis P (2) on 01 Apr 2007

Saw 4/1. I love period pieces, especially Merchant/Ivory films... this one blew. Epic story of gay angst in Pre-WWI England. 'Nough said…

Read Review

Review of Pépé le Moko (1937)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 26 Jun 2002

A timeless romantic thriller that steeps us in one of those great artificial movie worlds that become more overpowering than reality itself…

Read Review

Review of Dragonwyck (1946)

By Kelly C (294) on 17 Dec 2008

WTF? This movie is seriously messed up. Filled with incest and killing your wife because she doesn't bare a son (daughters don't count)…

Read Review

Review of Bigger Than Life (1956)

By Lou S (208) on 07 Sep 2008

James mason couldn't be anymore annoying…

Read Review

Review of The Naked Kiss (1964)

By Dustin G (630) on 17 Jul 2011

I love Sam Fuller. A great storyteller, enthralling to listen to and watch in interviews, uncompromising in his vision…

Read Review

Review of Billy Liar (1963)

By Asa B (508) on 27 Aug 2013

I just didn't get on with this. Perhaps Billy was just too insufferable as a character. Ultimately irritating…

Read Review

Review of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

By Tija F (89) on 22 Sep 2007

So bizarre, I could not appreciate this at all. half the time, I was just bored…

Read Review

Review of Anand (1971)

By Param V (1) on 30 Aug 2010

I really liked Amitabh Bachchan and the music, but the story itself is just okay…

Read Review

Review of Wake in Fright (1971)

By David S (4,459) on 14 Dec 2017

Should have just called it Drunk Town. Never seen so much drinking in a movie. Whole town consists of drunkards. Too bad the movie sucked…

Read Review

Review of The Reckoning (2004)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Jan 2020

Carries too heavy a burden to succeed as the trifle it really is…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Choke

2008

61%668 Reviews

It Follows

2015

72%1,108 Reviews

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1991

57%441 Reviews

Coco

2017

84%1,516 Reviews

The Invisible Circus

2001

49%69 Reviews

The Lion King

1994

87%955 Reviews

Anbe Sivam

2003

82%22 Reviews

Kinky Boots

2005

67%483 Reviews

Black Mass

2015

69%1,035 Reviews

Embrace

2016

77%14 Reviews