Chop Shop

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Chop Shop

2007

1h 24m

Drama

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60 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

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

Critics Consensus

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

10/18/2008

B+

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

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

07/09/2008

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.

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

07/09/2008

3.5/4

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.

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

07/26/2023

75/100

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.

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

03/06/2023

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

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Piers Marchant

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

06/01/2021

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.

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torin f

@nonlinearize 12/06/2020

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

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10/30/2020

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!

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03/17/2016

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

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08/09/2015

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

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10/01/2014

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.

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05/04/2014

A landmark for new independent cinema.

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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