Choke is a dark comedy based on the the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Choke follows Victor (Sam Rockwell) a recovering sex addict that works at a colonial theme park. Victor's mother (Anjelica Huston) lives at a pricey hospital, suffering from Alzheimers, and in order to pay the bills Victor goes to fancy restaurants and intentionally chokes on the food in order to be rescued by a rich person and con them into giving him money. Victor's problems explode when he finds out that his mother has been keeping a secret regarding his birth.
Sam Rockwell does a great job as Victor. He's good at being the asshole that Victor is and yet is able to pull off the sincere, likeable moments of Victor. This man needs to be prominent in more movies and his rapport with critics is similar to Paul Giamatti's swooning of critical masses six years ago. He's going to get noticed by more people sooner or later. Huston is wonderful as Victor's loving, but disturbed mom. She does a great job making the audience love her, but make them frustrated with her parental choices...in fact, the audience feels the same way about her as Victor does.
Choke's cinematography and dialogue make it a great work of film art. The film's mood is funny and dark. It makes you laugh, but laugh uncomfortably. After laughing at certain moments in this film, I wondered if I wrote my own ticket to hell. The story is weird, twisted, yet surprisingly heartwarming. Don't get me wrong, if you are bothered by sexual content and the f-bomb, then stay away. Otherwise, check it out.
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