This movie was a bit odd in my opinion-which would lead you to believe that Id enjoy it immensely as I tend to prefer movies with odd endings and twists. But I think it was more my feeling uncertain as to how the movie actually ended as opposed to all the simulated sex that was portrayed in it that left me feeling uneasy at the ending of the movie.
The main characters are Victor [played by Sam Rockwell] Ida-Victor's mom played by Anjelica Huston. Dr.Paige Marshall-played by Kelly McDonald.
The flashes to the sex scenes are confusing to me as I wasn't 100% sure if it was Victor remembering his previous experiences or that he was dreaming and desiring these people. I'd like to think it was the former as then the ending has a much nicer and more romantic ending in my opinion.
But the movie also had such a devastating way of dealing with the mother/son relationship/question. Through the movie we see flash backs of Victor remembering his youth and time spent with his mother, Near the end of the movie we learn that Victor is actually not her real son. That he was stolen from a mall. Angelica Huston kidnapped him when he was little and he never knew it until the very end of her life. She tells him on her deathbed. He appears devastated. He lost his mother that he knew growing up, both in an emotional and physical sense. And he looses the woman he's fallen in love with as she runs away.
The film seems depressing and makes me think about how so many of us are looking for that parental relationship that makes us feel loved, or that special other person who will love and accept us.
Overall this is a good movie with plenty to laugh at and be amused by and to think about, but it's very explicit-both verbally and visually-so don't view it if you're faint of heart. It has an R rating for a reason!
Choke [2008]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024715/
Tuesday 28 October 2008
