Review of Chop Shop (2008) by Christopher B — 30 Dec 2008
Interesting but fairly uninvolving slice of life drama about a young boy's life in a chop shop on the outskirts of NY. Maybe watching this so close after seeing the fantastic Slumdog Millionaire was a mistake. Chop Shop seems to be far more reality based than SM, but I enjoyed Boyle's more creative film much more.
It seems all the US critics are desperately searching for the American version of City of God, and have perhaps hyped this up more than it deserves, but despite it not being a masterpiece, it's worth seeing if the mood is right. And heck, they all can't be masterpieces anyway.
This review of Chop Shop (2008) was written by Christopher B on 30 Dec 2008.
Chop Shop has generally received very positive reviews.
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