Roger Ebert Called This Extremely Low-Budget Drama One of the Greatest Films of the 2000s

Ramin Bahrani's 2008 film Chop Shop is in the tradition of neorealist cinema, and a film Roger Ebert called one of the best of the 2000s.

November 14, 2024 · 1 min · 70 words · Jason Allen

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What Is Ramin Bahrani’s ‘Chop Shop’ About?

Jason Patric and Ray Liotta delivered dynamic performances in the Tom Cruise-produced movie.

Like Giuseppe and Pasquale inShoeshine,Ale has grown up too fast because the world has forced him to.

Ale in the film Chop Shop

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There’s an authenticity Polanco brings to Ale that would be missing from a more polished stage kid.

Custom Image of Roger Ebert With his thumbs up

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Alejandro Polanco in Chop Shop

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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on “At the Movies'

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Roger Ebert