The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this blend of drama and magical realism.
Directed by Steve Barron
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
Cast
Octavio Gómez Berríos
Jorge
Eugenia Yuan
Amy
Aaron Paul
Jerry
Mandy Patinkin
Rick
Mando Alvarado
Chef
Philippe Brenninkmeyer
Germanic Man
Irma St. Paule
Female Diner's Mother
Crew
Steve Barron
Director
Steve Barron
Writer
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
cupunculus
7.0★ · 02/13/25
Before yapping, I have some story. So this movie was impossible to find on any streaming services or even those pirating sites that I had to buy the only DVD of it on Amazon. The DVD HAD to be stolen from the library because it had that library tag and everything, so now I just have a busted library DVD of Choking Man. Freaking sweet!
I think I need to rewatch the movie honestly, because I think I didn't get certain things or I couldn't fully immerse myself in it (I had to do homework in the middle of the movie too). But there were certain points where I smiled really hard with the interactions of Jorge and Amy because it was really cute in my opinion (!)
I love the style of the movie with the animations that honestly remind me of Radiohead's OK COMPUTER art era where it looked like those simplistic but eerie instructions. But again, I'd have to rewatch it since I think there was things I probably missed while watching.
"If I had a nickel for everytime I hated Aaron Paul's character in a 2000s movie, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't alot, but it's weird it happened twice."
Before yapping, I have some story. So this movie was impossible to find on any streaming services or even those pirating sites that I had to buy the only DVD of it on Amazon. The DVD HAD to be stolen from the library because it had that library tag and everything, so now I just have a busted library DVD of Choking Man. Freaking sweet!
I think I need to rewatch the movie honestly, because I think I didn't get certain things or I couldn't fully immerse myself in it (I had to do homework in the middle of the movie too). But there were certain points where I smiled really hard with the interactions of Jorge and Amy because it was really cute in my opinion (!)
I love the style of the movie with the animations that honestly remind me of Radiohead's OK COMPUTER art era where it looked like those simplistic but eerie instructions. But again, I'd have to rewatch it since I think there was things I probably missed while watching.
"If I had a nickel for everytime I hated Aaron Paul's character in a 2000s movie, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't alot, but it's weird it happened twice."
