Choke Review
Comments(1) I haven’t actually read Palahniuk yet, but in this film he delves in the same “self-help recovery” culture as the first half of ‘Fight Club’. And that’s the amusing part. But Norton is far more likable than Sam Rockwell – sort of the point here. And instead of just Helena Bohnam Carter as the “psycho fantasy girl” we have several, including Kelly Macdonald – who after this and ‘No Country for Old Men’ I would like to officially declare my crush on.
It’s an eyebrow thing, not so much her figure, though I just realized she was the schoolgirl in ‘Trainspotting’ so I’m not gonna complain about any part her – a fine actress.
Angelica Huston doesn’t really work for me, and I don’t get why she seems so loved by others. Not in the Wes Anderson stuff, can’t think of anything I’ve seen and liked her in. And maybe it was seeing her do such a similar “crazy but lovable mom” role in ‘Darjeeling Limited’ that made that schtick seem especially tired here. It was like they shot all of the childhood flashback scenes in a single day. Overall the film does seem quickly thrown together, the soundtrack is plain sad (the same lame tune is playing on two different days in the strip club, and if you can’t come up with stripper music in this day and age – either as it is or as it should be – you really are lost), but there are some laughs. My review in one word: meh…
Kelly MacDonald = adorable
Angelica Huston = bumout
Sam Rockwell, great. Better than Norton.
Score by Nathan Larson, guitar player for Shudder To Think.
Chick in airplane bathroom – Tawney Kitean
My review, much like Palahniuk’s books, tedious…