Blogcritics: Video (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... have what it takes to effectively communicate the words of Mr Palahniuk. Sex addict and con-man Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) pretends to choke in restaurants so that he can form a relationship with the person who saves him and then, by using the experience to pry money from his saviors, he can pay for his mother’s hospital bills. However one day while visiting his mother in hospital...
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk this funny and vulgar tale of a con-man, Victor Mancini (Rockwell), who prays on the sympathy of the people who save him from choking to death in restaurants – it’s part of his magnificent scam since the choking is self-induced – to get money for his sick mother.
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
FROM maverick author Chuck Palahniuk ( Fight Club ) and breakout new writer-director Clark Gregg comes Choke , the subversively comedic tale of Victor Mancini, con artist, sex addict, Colonial village re-enactor, angst-filled son, serial restaurant choker… and unsuspecting romantic antihero for our unsettling times. Victor (Sam Rockwell), in an effort to pay for his demented mother’s...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
For all its flaws and fumbles there is a certain guilty pleasure in this bawdy, scattershot satire, adapted from the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It showcases a puckish performance from Sam Rockwell as Victor Mancini, a serial scam artist and rapacious sex addict. When he's not tending to his demented mother (Anjelica Huston), Victor is either kicking back with his best buddy (a...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... appealing central story make it an inferior work that may struggle to find a really wide audience. Victor Mancini (Rockwell) is a sex addict and conman (he pretends to choke on his food to get a free meal in restaurants!) who works by day as a historical re-enactor. Struggling to find any meaning to his life, Victor is suddenly given hope when his dying mother (Angelica Huston)...
