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Chopper

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Chopper reviews
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9.3 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 25 critic reviews
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Based on 22 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Andrew Dominik

Directed by: Andrew Dominik

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 11, 2001
DVD: November 13, 2001

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: Australia

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, and Bill Young

A bold, blackly comic character study about a self-proclaimed "national icon" Mark 'Chopper' Read. A multi-sided examination of the pathology of a complex and violent man, a man who becomes a cult figure thanks to a colourful imagination and a wicked, old-world sense of humour. (First Look Pictures)

What The Critics Said

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90

Variety David Stratton

The director has managed the difficult feat of making a nonlinear film that contains a handful of almost unbearably suspenseful sequences, each one undercut by bizarre black humor.

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80

Newsweek Devin Gordon

Hilariously unhinged, but also desperate and confused.

80

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A most ambitious first film. Dominik pulls it off impressively, assisted by a selfless cast, a driving score by Mick Harvey, and gifted cameramen Kevin Hayward and Geoffrey Hall.

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80

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Bana, who appears in nearly every shot, talking all the while, gives a remarkably mercurial performance.

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80

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Mr. Bana's Chopper is so scarily convincing that he makes you feel the eruptive force of each mood swing and the way his character's paranoia, egomania and conscience- stricken apologies are part of a volatile emotional cycle.

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80

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

Not everyone's cup of tea, but it's actually rather beautiful.

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75

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Too quick to uncritically and unthinkingly accept its subject's rollickingly self-mythologizing take on himself.

75

San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann

It's Eric Bana, a popular Australian stand-up comic, who justifies our interest with a dazzling performance of blunt humor, unpredictability and an edge of menace.

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75

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

An impressionistic portrait of the seductive nature of evil.

75

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Its dabs of dark comedy and stabs of gore, still rings with a sense of the real. It's electric-charged.

75

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Pulls no punches - blood flows very freely (including the ear-cutting scene) and black humor abounds.

75

Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan

Bloody, profane and compelling, Chopper marks an impressive debut for Dominik and a revelation of Bana's talent.

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75

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Eric Bana's performance suggests he will soon be leaving the comedy clubs of Australia and turning up as a Bond villain or a madman in a special-effects picture. He has a quality no acting school can teach and few actors can match: You cannot look away from him.

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70

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

Grotesquely violent, horribly funny.

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70

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

Dominik's stylistic choices are savvy, but what really makes the movie work is Bana's extraordinary performance as Chopper.

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63

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

It's galling to see such a low-life canonized in a film, but it's also riveting drama.

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63

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

There's an awful lot of kinetic energy to Chopper, and the violence is portrayed as graphically as imaginable.

63

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

A point is being made about how a criminal creates his own myth, but the ways Read twists and embellishes the truth become progressively less interesting.

60

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

This fictionalized, frequently stomach-churning biography of Australian criminal Mark Chopper Read features the most bloody ear-severing scene since "Reservoir Dogs."

60

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Bana's performance is nothing short of electrifying.

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60

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

It's a great style, it's a fabulous performance, but it never quite finds what it's searching for.

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60

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

The connection between his boasting about killing and killing so he can boast about it -- is made beautifully insidious.

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50

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

Much ado about very little because it takes no stand and gives little insight into the Chopper's psyche.

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42

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

A movie overtly designed to win attention (and not to do much else).

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40

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Amibitiously mediocre.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 22 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

She_devil_vamp*** gave it a 10:
I met Chopper in 2004. Eric Bana plays him perfectly, its scary!

David gave it a 3:
I was disappointed by this movie. As one reviewer put it, it seemed to be "much ado about nothing." 'Course, it would help if I could understand what the characters were saying which isn't easy since most are speaking in a thick Australian accent.

Lawrence C. gave it a 10:
Brilliant!!! cant get nough of it!!

Kate S. gave it a 10:
Best Bloody Movie Ever!!

Colin C. gave it a 10:
Best movie of all time. better then any american garbage that has come out recently. Hilariuos bloody hilarious, well done chop chop.

David P. gave it a 10:
Chopper RULES!!!

Zach R. gave it a 10:
The man is a legend . my idol .

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