Movie Review for Notorious C.H.O.

Summary: Filmed live in Seattle, Margaret Cho's second concert film which captures her boisterous stand-up comedy showcase which completed a successful tour to thirty-seven cities throughout North America. Her raw material shows a decidedly female spin on machismo--tough as the perfectly manicured nails of her counterparts.

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Harvey S. Karten of Compuserve (8/0)
            If you're part of her targeted audience, you'll cheer. Otherwise, maybe.

By George Wu of culturevulture.net (8/0)
            Most of the movie cruises along well enough to earn amused smirks and occasionally elicit the big...

By Rachel Gordon of E! Online (8/0)
            As comedic spotlights go, Notorious C.H.O. hits all the verbal marks it should.

By Nathaniel Rogers of Film Experience (7/1)
            If you can stomach her often escalating vulgarity, you'll laugh and laugh hard.

By David Noh of Film Journal International (8/0)
            Margaret Cho reasserts her eminence as the funniest woman alive with her second performance film,...

By Rachel Gordon of filmcritic.com (8/0)
            As comedic spotlights go, Notorious C.H.O. hits all the verbal marks it should.

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Ross Anthony of Hollywood Report Card (8/0)
            Accenting her already outrageous sense of humor, intellect, frankness, and timing, are her classi...

By Kirk Honeycutt of Hollywood Reporter (8/0)
            ...fans -- and even a few non-fans -- will love the film.

By Steve Rhodes of Internet Reviews (8/0)
            In her first picture, she was as shrill as fingers across a blackboard. Much less shrill and rep...

By Prairie Miller of Long Island Press (8/0)
            This macho lady rants at her best and most comfortable as combo socially conscious female stud.

By Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles Times (8/0)
            Margaret Cho's comedy embraces the audience, looking at the absurd humor in our hang-ups.

By David N. Butterworth of Movie Boeuf (6/2)
            Less structured and, as a result, funnier than Margaret's first!

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Frank Ochieng of Movie Eye (8/0)
            Cho is one amusing caustic storyteller. Sharply hilarious and brimming with heart-rendering frank...

By Elias Savada of Nitrate Online (8/0)
            There's never a dull moment here. Notorious C.H.O. is a Genuine R.I.O.T.

By Frank Swietek of One Guy's Opinion (8/0)
            The level of comic invention is surprisingly low, and the resultant amusement spotty at best.

By Sean Burns of Philadelphia Weekly (8/0)
            It's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles, but Notorious C.H.O. still ...

By Jon Popick of Planet Sick-Boy (8/0)
            Much less dark than her previous theatrical effort.

By Rod Armstrong of Reel.com (8/0)
            Though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled, others will find their humor-seeki...

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Laura Clifford of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
            Cho, who's first concert film was more like a group therapy session than comedy, lightens up cons...

By Robin Clifford of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
            Cho has expanded her repertoire [since her last cincert film] to one that, at least part of the t...

By Jim Lane of Sacramento News & Review (8/0)
            Cho's fans are sure to be entertained; it's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say t...

By Jim Judy of Screen It! (8/0)
            Good for the fans but probably only so-so for everyone else.

By Paula Nechak of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (8/0)
            There's a poignancy and humanity to Margaret Cho's follow-up to her 2000 concert film, I'm the On...

By Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine (8/0)
            Gloriously straight from the vagina.

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Ken Fox of TV Guide's Movie Guide (8/0)
            Raunchy though [Cho's] material is, it embraces all comers, regardless of gender, sexuality, race...

By Ed Park of Village Voice (8/0)
            She needs us far more than we need her.

By Stephen Holden of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
            ...carries candid sexual humor into previously uncharted territory.

By Phil Villarreal of Arizona Daily Star (3/5) No reference
            Cho's bisexuality supplies her with double ammo when making sex jokes, which are her specialty.

By Christine James of Boxoffice Magazine (4/4) No reference
            Cho, a clarion voice of reason in an unreasonable world, has a rare comic brilliance, incisivenes...

By Robert K. Elder of Chicago Tribune (3/5) No reference
            ...shockingly funny.

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Michael Phillips of Citysearch (3/5) No reference
            While jokes about her mother's indecipherable Asian accent are getting a little tired, the newer ...

By Jeffrey Bruner of Des Moines Register (4/4) No reference
            Cho's fearless in picking apart human foibles, not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an aud...

By Jeff Vice of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (7/1) No reference
            When the material is funny, it's extremely funny.

By Jason Anderson of eye WEEKLY (7/1) No reference
            Notorious C.H.O. has oodles of vulgar highlights.

By Bruce Kirkland of Jam! Movies (4/4) No reference
            Cho's timing is priceless.

By Marshall Fine of Journal News (Westchester, NY) (3/5) No reference
            Though she gets a little preachy at the end, Cho finds wonderfully outrageous ways to get her poi...

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By Ernest Hardy of L.A. Weekly (4/4) No reference
            The film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor, as Cho appears to have set...

By Bob Strauss of Los Angeles Daily News (4/4) No reference
            Part of the fun for viewers who don't view Cho as a lifestyle model is the hilariously natural wa...

By Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles Times (3/5) No reference
            ...her humor is so liberating and so inclusive...

By Anita Schmaltz of Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (4/4) No reference
            '...it’s better to see her show live in the flash and flesh, but watching Notorious C.H.O. is bet...

By Gemma Tarlach of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/1) No reference
            As hilarious as it is raunchy.

By Megan Turner of New York Post (3/5) No reference
            If you like your language blue and your humor coarse, Margaret Cho is for you.

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Kim Morgan of Oregonian (3/5) No reference
            [Cho] creates at her worst long-winded screeds on 'survival' and, at her best, a strutting confid...

By Roger Moore of Orlando Sentinel (3/5) No reference
            This is hardly big-screen stuff.

By Joe Baltake of Sacramento Bee (3/5) No reference
            She's as rude and profane as ever, always hilarious and, most of the time, absolutely right in he...

By Sean Means of Salt Lake Tribune (3/5) No reference
            She can be funny even when she gets on her soapbox.

By Jerry McCormick of San Diego Union-Tribune (3/5) No reference
            Audiences who appreciate extremely raunchy humor will find the giggles flowing, but remember to b...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson of San Francisco Examiner (3/5) No reference
            With Notorious C.H.O. Cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor, Carlin and Murphy.

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Moira MacDonald of Seattle Times (3/5) No reference
            An hour and a half of joyful solo performance.

By Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine (4/4) No reference
            ...at once incredibly hysterical and frighteningly frank.

By Geoff Pevere of Toronto Star (4/4) No reference
            If you really want declare war on the culture of brainless glam, you have to get a bit smart and ...

By Paul Matwychuk of Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) (3/5) No reference
            Notorious C.H.O. made me laugh as long and hard as any movie I've seen this year.

By Michael O'Sullivan of Washington Post (3/5) No reference
            A raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted Korean American stand-up's I'm the One...

By Michael Szymanski of Zap2it.com (7/1) No reference
            This movie's a scream! If you've never seen or heard of Margaret Cho, and you want to take a chan...

                         Reviews of Notorious C.H.O.
By Connie Ogle of Miami Herald (7/1) Not Reachable
            Has enough laughs to make it worthwhile for Cho's most devoted fans.

By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) of St. Paul Pioneer Press (4/4) Not Reachable
            The difference between Cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited.

By Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone of TheMovieChicks.com (7/1) Not Reachable
            Topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs.

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