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John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 26 2008 08:47 PM

Hijinks at the Iron Triangle for an ambitious but undereducated street youth. You should see this if only for the scenery -- Shea with only the beginnings of CitiField evident, and the Iron Triangle, soon to join it in the Willets Point graveyard of architecture. Same director made a flick called Man Push Cart, reviewed here too, which was similar in its illustration of a third-world culture right under our noses, but IMO, longer, and considerably more maudlin than Chop Shop, which will depress you only a little.

Edgy MD Apr 30 2009 07:28 PM

I missed the hijinx. Choppy is short on dialogue and long on theme. Hustlin' little Alejandro didn't sleep much did he?

Willets Point May 07 2009 08:02 AM

There's a lot left unsaid in Chop Shop but I think that makes it more moving. Kid's got the whole world on his shoulders at 12.