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Choke

2008 Directed by Clark Gregg

From the author of Fight Club

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.

Sam Rockwell Anjelica Huston Kelly Macdonald Brad William Henke Clark Gregg Bijou Phillips Gillian Jacobs Jonah Bobo Paz de la Huerta Viola Harris Joel Grey Heather Burns Matt Gerald David Fonteno Kate Blumberg Matt Malloy Isiah Whitlock Jr. Mary B. McCann Peggy Pope Suzanne Shepherd Judith Roberts Yolonda Ross Chuck Palahniuk

Alternative Titles

Soffocare, Удушье

comedy drama

92 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Holly-Beth ★★★

i really didn't need this movie to tell me that sam rockwell is christ's second coming....

i already knew that thanks
Review by Simone ★★★★½ 13

Film #58 of The December Project

As a huge fan of dark comedies, weird love stories, Sam Rockwell, and Fight Club (this film is based on a book by the same author), this was pretty much a favorite waiting to happen for me. It would've taken much more effort NOT to like this film than to like it. I haven't read the book so I have no idea how well it captures the spirit/tone of the novel, but I found the film version hilarious, thought-provoking, and profound.

Here you've got a man named Victor (Sam Rockwell) trying to beat his sex addiction by going to meetings regularly with his best friend Denny. They both work at one of those historical…
Review by Silent J ★★★★

Sam Rockwell + Chuck Palahniuk + directed by Agent Coulson = One fucking stellar combination
Review by Matthew L. Brady ★★★½

This may sound strange, but Sam Rockwell choking on food is really compelling.
Review by Sarah🐉 ★★★★

Sam Rockwell is trying to KILL me and this is proof!!!!!
Review by Madison 🎭 ★★★½ 5

the girl who fell asleep with sam's dick in her hand is TRULY the biggest RELATABLE legendary ICON

Recent reviews

Review by Dukenfield ★

It might tempt you on the basis of the cast (Sam Rockwell, Kelly MacDonald and Anjelica Houston.)

However......it's a comedy-drama in which the comedy isn't funny and the drama is stupid and doesn't work. It's also really badly directed by Clark Gregg - which is surprising given the fact that he did some really good work either side of it (500 Days Of Summer and Iron Man).

I strongly recommend that you avoid it.
Review by Toni ★★★

The plot was crazy but considering this is based on a Chuck Palahniuk book I don’t know what I expected.
Review by WizardmanJones ★★★★

March Slate 7/25

Gross.
Review by Matt ★★★

Look I know that every time I watch a movie with Kelly Macdonald my "review" basically just says how great she is but man I really love Kelly Macdonald ok.
Review by federicoparra ★★

It’s like drinking a warm Coke from a punctured can without any fizz
Review by Izzie ★★★★

A whole star off purely because of how ugly Sam Rockwell’s haircut is in this :/
Review by Jessica ★★★

This is movie #21 of Scavenger Hunt 47. For a movie based on my favorite book it was between this or Breakfast of Champions, but the trailer for that looked so terrible I couldn't bring myself to suffer through it. This movie does have moments where it feels like the book? Times when they just take whole scenes out are good, but it really skips a lot of the major plot and more insane shit to streamline it into a love story, which I don't enjoy. But I'll give it credit on casting. I think I read this book for the first time back in 11th grade and I remember thinking Sam Rockwell would be great as Victor, and here ya go. That alone makes me very happy.
Review by elias ★★★

these three stars represent how horny i am for sam rockwell. that's about it i guess
Review by 💕ashley 👸🏾 ★

Oh GOD this was awful.