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09/16/05
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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09/24/05
While Cho may have charted much of this territory, by now it's comic terrain that's overtraveled and dangerously eroded.
09/01/05
[Cho] redoubles her invectives against the religious and political right with a fearlessness that is breathtaking.
09/01/05
Ms. Cho's commentaries come across as mere rants, lacking the fresh comedic spin necessary to carry a concert film.
09/02/05
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 CriticYou 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
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
like catching a second-rate rerun of The Daily Show
09/01/05
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?
11/17/05
Soft in the middle, and none of Cho’s stories here take on an epic scope....[Yet] the comedienne remains endearingly naughty.
09/02/05
This concert film of her most recent comedy tour, the Assassin Show, is painfully bereft of wit or cogent insight.
09/01/05
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 Criticstandard-issue platitudes about media hype and Republican hypocrisy that you’ve likely heard many times before from many others.
09/16/05
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.
09/02/05
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.
09/02/05
Top CriticAnyone 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 CriticIn 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.
09/01/05
Top CriticThe misses ultimately far outnumber the hits.
09/02/05
Only for die-hard Cho fans.
09/08/05
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