Chop Shop

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Chop Shop

2007

1h 24m

Drama

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A young man works as an auto-body repairman to provide for his younger sister.

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Filled with excellent performances, Ramin Bahrani's deft sophomore effort is a heartfelt, hopeful neorealist look at the people who live in the gritty underbelly of New York City.

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Noel Murray

AV Club

All these low-level criminal enterprises and idle dreams aren't happening in Mexico City or Kandahar; they're just outside Queens.

Rated: B+

Oct 18, 2008

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

It's a sharp mixture of neorealist grit and lyricism, and while other writer-directors would treat the sibling relationship at the film's center very differently--more melodramatically, for starters--Bahrani lets us into two improvised lives naturally.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 9, 2008

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

It's a near-masterwork of low-budget precision and improvisation, constructed and rehearsed over many months in collaboration with the actors and the entire Willets Point community.

Jul 9, 2008

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

The fact that neither [leads] were professional actors before starring here makes their extraordinarily fluid performances all the more impressive, and helps burnish Chop Shop’s golden aura of genuine discovery.

Rated: 75/100

Jul 26, 2023

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

Chop Shop uses non-actors to continue this neorealism...

Mar 6, 2023

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Piers Marchant

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Bahrani shoots the film in classic verite style, all hand-held cameras, and natural dialogue, capturing a docu-feel for a story as gritty and resourceful as its young protagonist.

Jun 1, 2021

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torin f

A slow, quasi-documentary style portrait of life on the fringes, and compelling characters depicted with a very steady cinematic eye.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I love this movie, it's so well directed, with a realistic and sensitive vision. Ramin Bahrani is a phenomenal filmmaker, no wonder Roger Ebert called him "the director of the decade." Can't wait for White Tiger on Netflix!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

"GRIMY | GRITTY | PAINSTAKING | RAW | REALISTIC" (87-out-of-100)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

I know the intent was good...just.. well, little boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

A work for art. A tribute to building a better life for yourself and your family. Grit, beauty, and honesty, all in one. A beautiful story and very well told. Bahrani does an amazing job telling the tale of these children who fight for everything.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

A landmark for new independent cinema.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Synopsis

A young man works as an auto-body repairman to provide for his younger sister.

Director: Ramin Bahrani
Producer: Jeb Brody
Screenwriter: Bahareh Azimi, Ramin Bahrani
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 26, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $123.7K
Runtime: 1h 24m

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