Title: Choke
Rating (out of 100): 90
Mood: happy, funny, quirky
Website: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/choke/
Timeout / Culture Critic: http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/85693/choke.html / http://www.culturecritic.co.uk/cinema/choke/
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk (http://chuckpalahniuk.net/), author of Fight Club, Choke is a love story. A hilarious, oddball black comedy type of love story that will offend some viewers, but will entertain the majority. Some viewers may recognize the main character’s point of view as strikingly similar to that of Ed Norton’s character in Fight Club (especially the parts when he talks about attending his various terminal illness group therapy sessions). Not surprisingly, this movie includes a good amount of group therapy, not to mention nudity. The whole film is about a sex addict. A redeemable lovable underneath it all good guy sex addict of course. The type who became the way he was because of his complicated relationship with his mother (played by the fantastic Anjelica Huston). And who underneath it all is a guy who just wants to love and be loved. It’s an old story but told in a very new and extremely entertaining way. Some of the awkward situations are incredibly funny (anything related to the colonial farm). All in all an especially entertaining black comedy. Just don’t expect any of the visual effects or grittiness of Fight Club. Or nearly the same amount of revolution against the way things are. It’s just not that type of movie. But then again, as much as I Love Fight Club (with a capital L), how many times did you laugh out loud when watching it. That's what I thought.
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