...like most stand-ups who decide to go political, her observations are so banal this seldom rises...

| Jul 13, 2022

Cho is back, with her claws out, for 85 laugh-out-loud minutes...

| May 9, 2020

We're told she's 'controversial,' but honestly, all she does is lob obvious cheap shots that do nothing but sanction her audience's status quo. Where's the controversy in that?

| Nov 17, 2005

You know, the surest way to stop being considered 'edgy' is to brag constantly about how edgy you are. Get over yourself and get back to writing good jokes.

| Original Score: C | Oct 20, 2005

I saw Cho perform much of this material live [...] and found it bracingly hilarious. The movie she has made of it is an entirely different matter.

| Oct 6, 2005

Pointed sociopolitical commentary that's thoughtful and impassioned, if not always hilarious.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 16, 2005

standard-issue platitudes about media hype and Republican hypocrisy that you've likely heard many times before from many others.

Full Review | Sep 16, 2005

Only for die-hard Cho fans.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 8, 2005

Anger is the gasoline of stand-up comedians, the fuel that gets them revved. But just as too much gas will flood a carburetor, an overdose of anger can stall a comic's inspiration.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 7, 2005

Inspiration is running thin in comedian Margaret Cho's fourth concert film, a routine stand-up set that compares poorly to her oft-hilarious first two.

Full Review | Sep 2, 2005

If Margaret Cho's act shows no signs of getting old, it's because the world is kind enough to provide her with sufficient lunacy to fill countless concert tours.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 2, 2005

The misses ultimately far outnumber the hits.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 2, 2005

Her savage but empowering take on gay life is sufficiently sidesplitting to smooth over the weaker spots.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2005

Much of this feels like pandering to her liberal audience, as she approaches subjects like reproductive and gay rights without offering many new -- or funny -- observations.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 2, 2005

Though Cho occasionally connects with her targets, more often than not she seems as intolerant and hate-filled as she accuses them of being -- and that's not funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 2, 2005

Ms. Cho's commentaries come across as mere rants, lacking the fresh comedic spin necessary to carry a concert film.

| Original Score: D+ | Sep 2, 2005

Not as personal as some of her previous tours, focusing instead on social commentary about today's headlines, but she still manages to get in some great lines.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2005

Soft in the middle, and none of Cho's stories here take on an epic scope....[Yet] the comedienne remains endearingly naughty.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 2, 2005

[Cho] redoubles her invectives against the religious and political right with a fearlessness that is breathtaking.

| Sep 1, 2005

like catching a second-rate rerun of The Daily Show

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 1, 2005