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  • Chop Shop
  • Opened February 27, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr 25 min
  • NR
  • A 12-year-old youth and his older sister live in the no-man’s land that is known as the Iron Triangle: a 20-block stretch of junkyards and chop shops (where stolen cars are dismantled for parts), overshadowed by Shea Stadium’s giant billboard: “Make Read More
  • Cast: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Carlos Zapata, Ahmad Razvi
  • Director: Ramin Bahrani
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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Must Go! Avg. Critic Score 83 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 100
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    Beautifully observed, and beautifully acted by the novice thespian Polanco...

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Now we have an American film with the raw power of "City of God" or "Pixote," a...

  • 90
    Washington Post |

    The director has created a not-to-miss gem for the discriminating viewer.

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    Everything about Chop Shop is modest - the movie's scale, the characters'...

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