Chop Shop
Movie • 2007 • Drama
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Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Isamar.
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There is a sequence where a man who is feeding pigeons suddenly lunges at the pigeons and they flutter away in alarm, but I would consider this very mild and not "abuse".
There is also a short sequence with a man trying to wrangle a dog who has been trained to be aggressive. The dog keeps grabbing a piece of repair equipment and is not shown attacking or being aggressive toward any people.
There is also a short sequence with a man trying to wrangle a dog who has been trained to be aggressive. The dog keeps grabbing a piece of repair equipment and is not shown attacking or being aggressive toward any people.
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A grown man pushes a child into a table where other adults are playing a game of dominoes. The child seems more angry/baffled than physically hurt by it.
Later (SPOILERS!) the main character interrupts his sister while she is performing sex work in a car. The client gets very angry and pushes/hits both Ale and his sister before the two run away. We later see that Ale has a bad scrape on his elbow from being pushed down.
Later (SPOILERS!) the main character interrupts his sister while she is performing sex work in a car. The client gets very angry and pushes/hits both Ale and his sister before the two run away. We later see that Ale has a bad scrape on his elbow from being pushed down.
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No, but two siblings are frequently seen sitting or laying in bed together. (They share a bed because it is the best accommodation they can get).
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Does it have a sad ending?
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This may be open to interpretation. It is clear at the end that the siblings' dream of a food truck has been scuttled, and they have lost all of their savings. It also seems clear that the sister will have to continue her sex work and that her brother is aware of it. It seems as if they will struggle to escape poverty. That said, they have rebonded as siblings and it ends on a positive note between them.
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Is there sexual content?
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Not much on screen but strongly implied. There are multiple sequences centering on young women who are doing sex work to survive. In one scene, two boys observe a man and a teenage girl sitting up in the front seat of a truck. Later another man and a different girl get out of a truck together. Finally, the main character goes up to a car and sees a girl's head over a man's lap. He opens the door and gets into a confrontation with the man inside the car.
There are several conversations between the two boy friend characters that talk about sex, including one boy suggesting that they hire a prostitute for oral sex.
There are several conversations between the two boy friend characters that talk about sex, including one boy suggesting that they hire a prostitute for oral sex.
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Very very mild. In one scene, the main character has a scraped arm but it looks more dirty/gritty than bloody.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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A child teases his friend that he's a "fag" when the two boys are talking about paying a prostitute and one of them seems hesitant.
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Does a parent die?
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The children do not have parents, but it's not discussed much.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Characters drink beer in a few scenes, but I don't remember anyone being drunk.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Frequent horn honking, as the main character works on a strip that is totally populated by chop shops.
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While technically the sexual activity in the film is consensual, the women performing sex work are teenage girls, working in order to survive on the street. In one scene, when a girl is interrupted while performing sex work, her client hits and pushes her in anger.
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