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Choking Man

2006, Drama, 1h 24m

33 Reviews 500+ Ratings

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Quirky animated interludes fail to lift this dull US immigrant indie out of its introverted torpid state. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Ecuadorian immigrant Jorge (Octavio Gómez Berrios) makes a meager living scrubbing dishes in a Queens, N.Y. diner. Constantly harassed by the restaurant's overbearing manager, Jerry (Aaron Paul), Jorge yearns for romance with the new waitress, Amy (Eugenia Yuan). But he's hampered by his severe shyness and the fact that Jerry's also interested in her. While working his life away and dying on the inside, Jorge escapes to a series of vividly imagined fantasy worlds.

Genre:

Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Steve Barron
Producer:

Steve Barron, Zachary Mortensen, Joshua Zeman
Writer:

Steve Barron
Release Date (Theaters):

Nov 9, 2007 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 26, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA):

$4.2K
Runtime:

1h 24m
Distributor:

International Film Circuit [us]

Cast & Crew

Mandy Patinkin
Rick

Octavio Gómez Berríos

Octavio Gómez Berríos
Jorge

Eugenia Yuan
Amy

Aaron Paul
Jerry

Kate Buddeke

Kate Buddeke
Terri

Paolo Andino

Paolo Andino
Choking Man

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Critic Reviews for Choking Man

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Audience Reviews for Choking Man

Jan 18, 2010

a young chiness woman starts work at a diner, where a very shy young man works the dishes, here we see the two charactors, going about there work days, the guy having some spark with the girl, but shyness overcoming him, and all the while, work problems coming up, nicely handled indie drama, setin queens newyork, looking realstic, a nice story and all charactors adding something

scott g Super Reviewer
Oct 16, 2009

I dont really know what to think of this movie.It was good but depressing

Super Reviewer
Jul 01, 2008

The patiently-paced film is meant to draw us into the small community of people who work at a diner, and "touching moments" where these characters connect, are more the style than any kind of a "thriller" theme. In any case, overall it's a high quality film and well worth seeing if you get the chance, but you won't be missing much if you don't.

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