2008 · comedy · drama
Choke
Directed by Clark Gregg1h 32m2008
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.
Our read: Choke (2008) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intimate
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“You want sharp Palahniuk dark comedy about addiction, scams, and a dying mother.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if explicit sex, strip clubs, or sex-addiction cringe will kill the mood.
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