Rotten
'Choke' never manages to be as edgy, amusing, insightful or plain messy as you'd hope it would be, especially considering its 'naughty' promotional poster and the distribution of anal beads as a marketing device.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Choke
If this movie doesn’t touch you, go ahead and touch yourself.
2008 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Clark Gregg
Overview
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Director and cast
- Clark Gregg Director
- Anjelica Huston as Ida J. Mancini
- Kelly Macdonald as Paige Marshall
- Sam Rockwell as Victor Mancini
- Clark Gregg as Lord High Charlie
- Brad William Henke as Denny
- Bijou Phillips as Ursula
- Gillian Jacobs as Cherry Daiquiri / Beth
- Chuck Palahniuk as Passenger (uncredited)
- Jonah Bobo as Young Victor
- Heather Burns as Internet Date / Gwen
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Rotten
I found it choppy, I found it dull, I found it disinteresting.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
This movie is only marginally enjoyable.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Rotten
Choke tries to be dirty but manages merely to be dingy.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
Rockwell has an off-center charm and, as his gorgon mother, Anjelica Huston is more imposing than this movie deserves.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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