Product Details

• Actors: John Sialiano, Lucille Tomczyk, Anthony Pellicci, Paola Walker, Carmine Famiglietti
• Directors: J.C. Bari, Rajeev Nirmalakhandan
• Writers: Lucas Limone
• Producers: Gino Cafarelli, Anthony Loglisci, Anthony Nanula, Joe Pecoraro, Steve Caple
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: GoodTimes Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 26, 2005
• Run Time: 81 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0008ISM1I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,137 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Chooch" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

CHOOCH

There’s More Than One Way to Spell "Jackass" Bocci Park, Queens, is a neighborhood where friends and family are everything. After blowing the big game with their local rivals, Dino Condito (Carmine Famiglietti) is branded the "chooch" (jackass), and in Bocci Park, nicknames can stick. To cheer him up, his cousin Jubilene (Joseph Summa) springs for a vacation in Cancun that will take them out of Queens for the very first time. The trip turns into a comic odyssey as a mix-up at the airport lands them in a Mexican jail, and now it’s up to the neighborhood "crew" to bust them out--with a little help from Dino’s dog, Kiwi. By the end of this heart-warming, laugh-out-loud comedy, Dino finds love in the unlikeliest of places, and everyone is reminded of what life is all about.

Approximately 80 minutes
Color

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This film has a sordid history, December 4, 2009

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C. R. Witkowsky "fi journo" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chooch (DVD)

Let me start by saying that I have yet to see this movie. In fact, I'm just gearing up to purchase it soon and watch it.

But it must be stated that this movie has led to the downfall of the careers of at least five individuals with connections to Wall Street and the state pension in New York. The movie was funded by various private investment managers, who were friends with the producer of the film, the brother of the pension's former CIO, David Loglisci.

Chooch plays a prominent role in the pay-to-play, kick-back scandal being investigated by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, in that some of the alleged gifts and bribes involved in the scandal were capital commitments to help fund the creation of Chooch.

If you need to learn more, read about it in the press. Meanwhile, no matter what kind of horrible crap this movie actually turns out to be, it has already left a serious legacy of corruption and sordid behavior that compels me to give it the highest ranking available.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good time flick!, March 25, 2009

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A. Scott "global traveler" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chooch (DVD)

This isn't Fellini. Its spaghetti bolognese, low budget, cute, and funny. These characterizations are dead on as anyone from the East Coast knows. A good time flick.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money!, September 3, 2008

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Jessica Shrewsbury (Galax, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chooch (DVD)

I almost never write reviews but this one is so bad that I felt I had to. The idea of the movie has potential to be hilariously funny or a great suspense movie; what I watched was neither. The story jumps around from place to place so fast missing key details that you almost feel lost at times. None of the actors do any good making the story believable. The acting was so forced at times that I felt like I was watching a very bad play. If ramdom people were picked off of the street you would get higher quality acting. From the very first "Mexican" scene on I was caught up in how over the top fake it was. The camera is never even held steady. The only descent job done in this movie was by the dog, although I never really understood why the dog was such a major part of the plot.

This movie reminds me of a bunch of kids getting their parents video camera and trying to shoot a movie. It's just that bad. If I could have gave it 0 stars I would have.