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

| Jul 13, 2022

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

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 16, 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

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

A terrific mime with amazing expressiveness, Cho has a fertile, untrammeled imagination that shapes vignettes and one-liners that unfailingly hit their intended targets.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2005

Anyone who can compare Reagan's funeral to Weekend at Bernie's and John Kerry to an Ent, one of Tolkien's talking trees, deserves an audience on both sides of the aisle.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 1, 2005

In her third concert film ... one does detect a new level of calm about her that suggests Cho is growing more secure in her bones or is simply getting older. Or both.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 1, 2005

Her embrace of controversial political topics might be welcome if her jokes weren't so predictable.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2005