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Chopper (2000)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 64
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 19

Eric Bana's performance as the charming but twisted Chopper is the highlight of this disturbing portrait about Australia's notorious author/criminal.

Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 3

Eric Bana's performance as the charming but twisted Chopper is the highlight of this disturbing portrait about Australia's notorious author/criminal.

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This Australian drama is based on the life and times of Mark "Chopper" Read, a notorious Aussie criminal who went on to become a best-selling author, publishing nine books about his exploits outside the law. In 1978, Chopper (played by Eric Bana) is serving a 16-year sentence for abducting a judge who was overseeing the trial of his best friend Jimmy (Simon Lyndon). Jimmy and Chopper end up sharing a cell, along with Keithy George (David Field), a crime boss; when a disagreement between Keithy

R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Andrew Dominik

Written By: Andrew Dominik

In Theaters: Apr 11, 2001 Limited

On DVD: Nov 13, 2001

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Cast

Eric Bana
Mark "Chopper" Read
Vince Colosimo
Neville Bartos
Simon Lyndon
Jimmy Loughnan
David Field
Keithy George
Daniel Wyllie
Bluey
Bill Young
Detective Downey
Gary Waddell
Kevin Darcy
Dan Wyllie
Kate Beahan
Kenny Graham

Critic Reviews for Chopper

All Critics (74) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (20) | DVD (12)

The fact that Chopper is so engrossing and effective stems from the powerful performance of Eric Bana.

August 2, 2001 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News

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Gary Dowell

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

Chopper plays like a nonfuturistic A Clockwork Orange.

June 15, 2001 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Bruce Westbrook

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

It's a great style, it's a fabulous performance, but it never quite finds what it's searching for.

June 11, 2001 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

Top Critic

Chopper is never less than fascinating.

June 8, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

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You cannot look away from him. The performance is so . . . strange.

June 1, 2001 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

The ways Read twists and embellishes the truth become progressively less interesting.

May 31, 2001 Comment

Mark Caro

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

Apesar de soar incompleto, o filme jamais deixa de fascinar gra�as � atua��o magistral de Eric Bana - que, em v�rios momentos, me fez lembrar do jovem Robert De Niro.

February 4, 2004 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

there is an unexpected melancholy that raises this film . . . into the ranks of a classic tragedy

July 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews

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Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

A slickly done fictionalized biopic with an explosive character giving an entertaining performance, and it's nothing more than that.

December 26, 2001 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Worth seeing simply as a flamboyant cinematic exercise that explores the possibilities of the medium in ways you won't have experienced before.

July 30, 2001 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

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Chopper is one of the most incredible crime films that I've seen. The film tells the story of career criminal Mark "Chopper" Read. With this film it's almost impossible to tell fact from fiction, as Chopper's exploits seem too good to be true. Reid is a man who always fused explosive made up facts to tell a good yarn,

April 7, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

An almost unrecognisable Eric Bana plays notorious criminal Mark "Chopper" Read whose "memoirs" and musings on life made him one of Australia's best selling authors of all time. It's actually very difficult to tell how much of this film is true, and how much is Read's creative "embellishments"; fact and fiction merge

May 28, 2007