AltWeeklies Wire
'Choke' and 'The Duchess': Private Artsnew
Sex, or lack of it, force the leads of two films to get clever.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-25-2008 |
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Tags: Choke, Clark Gregg
'Choke' Goes from So-So Novel to a Funny and Touching Filmnew
Writer/director Clark Gregg found the human heart of this story, and managed to keep the humor while pumping up the drama.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-25-2008 |
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Clark Gregg Chokes on 'Choke'new
Gregg embraces Chuck Palahniuk's faux nihilism at the expense of his characters.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Choke, Clark Gregg
'Choke' is More Like a Group-therapy Sitcom Than a Movienew
Choke may be an adaptation of a Chuck Palahniuk novel, but it actually has a number of influences: It is predictably indebted to Fight Club, it intentionally carries echoes of The Last Temptation of Christ, and—probably less deliberately—it feels a lot like the TV show My Name Is Earl.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Choke, Clark Gregg
Director Clark Gregg 'Choke's on Chuck Palahniuk's storynew
Gregg's adaptation retains Palahniuk's gift of gab, but when it needs to step up and make a statement about sex addiction, contemporary maturity, America's moral decline -- anything, really -- Choke ultimately chokes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-24-2008 |
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'Choke': How to Turn a Cult Novel into a Movienew
Making your first film is challenging enough. But writing and directing a movie about a sex addict who intentionally chokes on food in restaurants to engender sympathy and make money? Well, that's something else entirely.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Choke, Clark Gregg
'Choke' Finds an Unexpected Vein of Sweetness in Chuck Palahniuk
Clark Gregg took Palahniuk's Choke as screenwriter and director and found another vein. Buried beneath the blasphemy and the bodily fluids and the self-loathing was a story about redemption. About recovery. About love.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-22-2008 |
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'Choke': Against the Mainstream
In adapting Chuck Palahnuik's novel of sexual addiction, con artistry, and subjugated maturity screenwriter/director/actor Clark Gregg creates a fantastical brand of satire that is engaging as it is diabolically ribald.
Tags: Choke, Clark Gregg
