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Take Out
Directed by
Shih-Ching Tsou
and
Sean Baker
R
2004
88m
Drama
7.1
100%
72%
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An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.
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Where to Watch Take Out
Criterion Channel
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Cast of Take Out
Charles Jang
Ming Ding
Jeng-Hua Yu
Young
Wang-Thye Lee
Big Sister
Justin Wan
Wei
Jeff Huang
Ma
Shih-Yun Tsou
Collector #1
Joe Chien
Collector #2
Waley Liu
Ming's Roommate
Ed Jansen
Ming's Roommate #2
David Liu
Ming's Roommate #3
Huang Shengyi
Ming's Cousin
Ethel Brooks
First Delivery
Victor Sally
Fried Hard
Tanya Perez
Second Delivery
Maria Greenspan
Portuguese Delivery
Sandra McCullogh
Mother with Children
Sharinee McCullogh
Running Toddler
Renae McCullough
Older Sister
Javier Cortes
Nice Tipper
J.P. Partland
Horn Delivery
Theodore Bouloukos
No Speakee English
Yessica Amadis
Smoking Phone Woman
Patrice A. Duffy
Nice Woman Delivery
James Price
Hardware Store #1
Carlos Eleutice
Hardware Store #2
Juan Carlos Perdomo
Hardware Store #3
Eunice Wong
Dark Hallway Delivery
Yaron Prywes
Young Prep Delivery
Karren Karagulian
Chicken or Beef
Alia Carpenter
Mother with Crying Baby
Kamali Smith
Crying Baby
Rory Kelly
Dog Hallway Delivery
Tim Hummel
Fighting Couple Guy
Althia A. Cline
Fighting Couple Woman
Michael Fuehrer
Mail Order Faster
Monica Kester
Thank You Delivery
B.J. Anthony Pass II
Bad Hair Day
Cailin Pitt
Barber Shop Kid
Ronald Garret
Barber
Marie Pitt
Barber Shop Mom
Joe Franza
Silent Delivery
Harold Edmondson
Fork Couple Guy
Theresa Leak
Fork Couple Woman
John Sloan
Discount Customer
Barbara Levenson
Long Hallway Delivery
Claudia Ganzalez
Spanish Speaking Teen
Baqi Abdush-Shaheed
Couple of Springrolls
Gil Selinger
Only Euros
Preet Pannu
Only Euros Wife
Amy Danielson
845 Westend
Tony Roach
Change Guy
Peter Camacho
Other Half of Chicken
Angel Feliciano
Ketchup on Fries #1
Julio Lugo
Ketchup on Fries #2
Edwin Banyar
Ketchup on Fries #3
Omar A. Franco
Hip-hop Apartment
Omar Jennett
Hip-hop Apartment
Amin Joseph
Hip-hop Apartment
Jeron Moss
Hip-hop Apartment
Jake Walker
Hip-hop Apartment
Chris Espinal
Six Girls, Six Numbers
Raymond Richardson
Hit the Lottery
Sandra Cartagena
Spanish Speaking Mother
Sylvan Wallach
Get a Beer, Have Fun
Anetra Humphries
Last Delivery
Andrew Ko
Mugger #1
Leighton Wezler
Mugger #2
Vickeya Miller
Restaurant Customer
Peter Corrigan
Restaurant Customer
Helen Corrigan
Restaurant Customer
Kstrina Sturdivant
Restaurant Customer
Annette Sturdivant
Restaurant Customer
Gary Garcia
Restaurant Customer
Wilson Rodriguez
Restaurant Customer
Fausto Peralta
Restaurant Customer
Alexander Johnson
Restaurant Customer
Take Out Ratings & Reviews
AV Club
Noel Murray
The movie took a long time to get distribution, but there's no expiration date on filmmaking this strong.
New York Times
Nathan Lee
The season's freshest, most sympathetic movie about making your way in modern-day Manhattan with a little help from your friends.
Film Threat
Eric Campos
"Take Out" turns out to be quite an infectious watch, tickling surprising laughs from its audience and teaching them to be a little nicer next time they make an order for delivery.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Relying on ambient sound, a handheld camera and lots of close-ups, Take Out is realistically raw and bleak.
Filmcritic.com
Don Willmott
Watch Take Out, and you'll tip big the next time you order in.
Old School Reviews
John A. Nesbit
strength of the films rests with the tremendous atmosphere that it creates
TheDivaReview.com
Diva Velez
Bravo to Take Out for giving a face and voice to some of the hardest-working amongst us and allowing us all to see and hear them through this remarkable, important and passionate film.
Boxoffice Magazine
Matthew Nestel
A day in the life that speaks to the unnamed and discounted that literally fuel the Western world.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A gritty portrait of the struggles of a Chinese food deliveryman in Manhattan.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
A rare kind of film.
Entertainment Insiders
Jonathan W. Hickman
The filmmakers have tried to approach their subject from the Ken Loach school of filmmaking and their really hands-off style is refreshing -- nothing seems forced.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
[The] endless string of demeaning apartment-doorway interactions with a convincing cross-section of hungry customers is darkly funny, even if it never snowballs into the After Hours-type obstacle course one might hope.
The New Yorker
Shauna Lyon
A remarkable film...Baker and Tsous simple narrative feels like a richly authentic documentary.
Variety
Robert Koehler
A deeply affecting portrayal of a struggling Chinese emigre in contempo Gotham.
Village Voice
Aaron Hillis
Some of the most authentic neorealism this side of De Sica. This is as exceptional as microbudget cinema gets.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Sara Cardace
...manages to mix immersive, pseudo-documentary filmmaking with a suspenseful narrative.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Most importantly it allows you to care about its very human characters and to feel their emotional pain as you watch their life unfold onscreen.
PopMatters
Chris Barsanti
One of the more exciting indie releases of the year.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Louis Proyect
A perfect jewel of a movie made by young directors who understand that social conscience is the handmaiden of all great art.
Slant Magazine
Derek Smith
Take Out shows that the work of America's premier purveyor of life on the fringes was both unflinching and empathetic from the start.
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