CHOKE

VICTOR (SAM ROCKWELL) WORKS AT A COLONIAL THEME PARK, HAS A MOTHER (ANJELICA HUSTON) WHO IS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S, IS A SEX ADDICT AND FAKES CHOKING AT RESTAURANTS TO CON PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MONEY.  VICTOR'S ONE GOAL IN LIFE IS TO FIND OUT WHO HIS FATHER WAS.  HE IS HELPED WITH THIS BY A DOCTOR (KELLY MACDONALD) FROM THE CARE FACILITY WHERE HIS MOTHER IS.
CHOKE IS A VERY DARK COMEDY THAT GOES FROM BEING VERY RAUNCHY TO HIGHLY EMOTIONAL, SOMETIMES AT THE SAME TIME.  AT THE HEART OF THE STORY IS VICTOR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER, WHICH IS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR VICTOR SINCE SHE NEVER RECOGNIZES HIM AS HER SON.  THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR FLASHBACKS THAT SHOW THE RATHER UNORTHODOX WAY IN WHICH VICTOR WAS RAISED AND THE LOVING YET A LITTLE STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER.  
ROCKWELL AND HUSTON ARE OUTSTANDING AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, AND THE REST OF THE CAST DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB, ESPECIALLY BRAD WILLIAM HENKE AS VICTOR'S BEST FRIEND.  HE COULD HAVE TAKEN THE EASY WAY AND PLAYED IT A BIG BLUBBERING IDIOT, BUT INSTEAD INFUSED HIS ROLE WITH CARING, CHARM AND INSIGHTFULNESS.  DON'T PASS THIS UP.
RATING  3.5 OUT OF 5

THE RENTAL DVD HAS DELETED SCENES, A GAG REEL AND AUDIO COMMENTARY BY THE DIRECTOR AND ROCKWELL.