Bam Bam and Celeste (2006)
Release Date: Aug 14, 2007 Wide
Release Date: Aug 14, 2007 Wide
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Taunted by their classmates since grade school and never quite able to escape the culturally suffocating confines of their homogenized Midwestern hometown, a pair of small-town misfits make a break for the big city in this comedy from director Lorene Machado. Celeste (Margaret Cho) is an overweight, Korean, former goth-punk whose best pal since childhood has been queeny African-American Bam Bam (Bruce Daniels). Now in their early thirties and curious to explore the outside world, Celeste and Bam
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Margaret Cho
Celeste, Mommy -
Bruce Daniels
Bam Bam -
Elaine Hendrix
Jackie -
Jane Lynch
Darlene -
John Cho
Stephan Cho -
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Danny Hoch
Neo-Nazi Gas Station At... -
Wilson Cruz
Tony -
Alan Cumming
Eugene -
Kathy Najimy
Gypsy Fortune Teller -
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So when I discovered this potential gem, with a cast filled with actors that I really enjoy (most of the time)...I thought "how could I go wrong?".
While the potential is here for a "screwball / roadtrip / buddy comedy" HOMERUN...this sadly only ends up being about a "double play".
What starts out as a pretty strong and painfully funny look at "the misfit kids of High School circa 1987", rapidly weakens to a mildly ammusing string of not so subtle (or funny) "present day" social satire and over the top stereotypes.
There are a couple of "high points" (Jane Lynch being one) in the film, but for me the biggest was Margaret Cho in the double role as "Mommy". Always a favorite for me in her stand-up comedy, Margaret gets a chance here to really complete her impression of "Mommy". She is a real scene stealer and the source of most of the chuckles that I found in this film.