New Times (L.A.) by 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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Australia · 2000
1h 34m
Director Andrew Dominik
Starring Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, David Field
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
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The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
New Times (L.A.) by Andy Klein
Dominik's stylistic choices are savvy, but what really makes the movie work is Bana's extraordinary performance as Chopper.
Bana, who appears in nearly every shot, talking all the while, gives a remarkably mercurial performance.
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
It's galling to see such a low-life canonized in a film, but it's also riveting drama.
Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector
The connection between his boasting about killing and killing so he can boast about it -- is made beautifully insidious.
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Bana's performance is nothing short of electrifying.
Grotesquely violent, horribly funny.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Paula Nechak
Much ado about very little because it takes no stand and gives little insight into the Chopper's psyche.
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
An impressionistic portrait of the seductive nature of evil.
Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
It's a great style, it's a fabulous performance, but it never quite finds what it's searching for.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
Its dabs of dark comedy and stabs of gore, still rings with a sense of the real. It's electric-charged.
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