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.
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09/01/05
Margaret Cho - Assassin (2005)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:9
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.7/10
Theatrical Release:Sep 2, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: The incomparable Margaret Cho roars back onto the screen with her latest concert, The Assassin Tour, recorded live in May of 2005 at the Warner Theater in Washington D.C. Uproariously funny,... [More]
Starring: Margaret Cho
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Reviews for Margaret Cho - Assassin
Top CriticPointed sociopolitical commentary that's thoughtful and impassioned, if not always hilarious.
09/16/05
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.
09/01/05
Top CriticIf 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.
09/02/05
Top CriticHer savage but empowering take on gay life is sufficiently sidesplitting to smooth over the weaker spots.
09/02/05
A terrific mime with amazing expressiveness, Cho has a fertile, untrammeled imagination that shapes vignettes and one-liners that unfailingly hit their intended targets.
09/01/05
Top Critic[Cho] redoubles her invectives against the religious and political right with a fearlessness that is breathtaking.
09/01/05
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.
09/07/05
Top CriticSoft in the middle, and none of Cho’s stories here take on an epic scope....[Yet] the comedienne remains endearingly naughty.
09/02/05
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.
09/02/05
like catching a second-rate rerun of The Daily Show
09/01/05
While Cho may have charted much of this territory, by now it's comic terrain that's overtraveled and dangerously eroded.
09/01/05
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.
10/06/05
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.
09/02/05
Top CriticMuch 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.
09/02/05
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.
10/20/05
This concert film of her most recent comedy tour, the Assassin Show, is painfully bereft of wit or cogent insight.
09/01/05
Only for die-hard Cho fans.
09/08/05
Top CriticThough 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.
09/02/05
Top Criticstandard-issue platitudes about media hype and Republican hypocrisy that you’ve likely heard many times before from many others.
09/16/05
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