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(1 - 8) of 8 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1   3/5 "Chop Shop is an oddity to be stared at thoroughly. What it should be, and what I'm sure Bahrani wanted it to be, was something to be deeply contemplated."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin B "Director/co-writer Ramin Bahrani ("Man Push Cart") gives a candid window into America's impoverished underbelly via a Queens junkyard neighborhood called the "Iron Triangle," where 12-year-old Latino orphan Ale (Alejandro Polanco) plans for his future"   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 5/5 "A poignant and heart-affecting film about a 12-year-old Latino street orphan who is one of the many poor in the forgotten America."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 7/10 "The setting may be New York, but it could be Africa or Central America. And the story could be from post-war Italy with filmmakers like Vittoria De Sica."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 4/4 "Italian Neorealism makes an American comeback"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 2.5/4 "With Chop Shop, Ramin Bahrani exhibits a restraint not found in his 2005 debut Man Push Cart, focusing more intently on his tale's neorealist particulars than its symbolic potential."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 8/10 "Shot in the unvarnished sets of New York's Iron Triangle, the unpaved mud holes of the streets and the rough plywood of bedroom walls tell an unforgettable story of growing up in a world with little pity"   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 8) of 8 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1