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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's an indelibly warped cartoon of lust and despair.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe movie veers with surprising ease between comedy and tragedy. Some scenes are hilarious; others are somber.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSome stretches are very funny, although the laughter is undermined by the desperation and sadness of the situations.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaWhile Choke, adapted for the screen and directed by Clark Gregg, is by no means a disaster, it is disappointing - and oddly dull.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe film feels flat. I don't know how to express my criticism much more than to say that things unfold before you, but you never really engage in the world beyond just watching it.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergThe Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergFor much of the way, the film just feels like it's pressing too hard to make an impression.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyPalahniuk's antic absurdism is duly present, but the hurtling pace and barely-underlying nihilism that transferred to screen so vividly in "Fight Club" aren't much in evidence here.
- 30New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSam Rockwell strips himself down to pure appetite and has a buoyant spirit. But the film sure doesn't. It's bizarrely flat--it has no affect.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceThey explain and explain again the genesis of Victor's demons, to the point where the novel and movie play almost like parodies of novels and movies in which a character has to get in touch with his feelings in order to become a better man.