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Bam Bam and Celeste

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Midwestern misfit Celeste (Margaret Cho) and her childhood best friend, Bam Bam (Bruce Daniels), travel to New York City to make an appearance on a makeover reality television show after booking agent Eugene (Alan Cumming) thinks they'll be the perfect contestants. Their hopes of hitting the big time are in jeopardy, however, when they discover that their old high school rivals, led by Jackie (Elaine Hendrix), are now reputed beauty salon experts and in charge of the makeovers.

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Dennis Harvey Variety 10/14/2005
Comedian Margaret Cho calls her first non-concert feature as writer-star "a fag and fag-hag 'Thelma and Louise,'" a description that's funnier than anything in Bam Bam and Celeste. Go to Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault 10/05/2007
B
Light and inoffensive but lacks the depth and revolutionary bite of Cho's best stand-up material. Go to Full Review Don Willmott Filmcritic.com 09/09/2007
1.5/5
you'll have to be a lifetime member of the loyal Cho army to enjoy this low-rent road picture. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/19/2010 Margaret Cho never disappoints. See more 07/21/2010 You've really gotta like margaret cho to be into this. See more 05/24/2010 Dreadful. A ham-fisted attempt at poking fun at racism and bigotry while simultaneously promoting that true beauty lies within. Everything in this film falls flat, especially Margaret Cho, whose performance is awful. See more 03/11/2010 Largely unsuccessful attempt to turn Cho's stand-up routines (particularly "Notorious C.H.O.") into a narrative. There's just no chemistry to speak of among the cast, and the jokes have lost their punch. See more 02/13/2010 Just saw this on Logo. It's very cute and retro. Alan Cummings is great in it! See more 01/25/2010 I am in love with this movie. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Lorene Machado

Director

Margaret Cho

Celeste

Bruce Daniels

Bam Bam

Jane Lynch

Darlene

Elaine Hendrix

Jackie

John Cho

Stephan
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Movie Info

Synopsis Midwestern misfit Celeste (Margaret Cho) and her childhood best friend, Bam Bam (Bruce Daniels), travel to New York City to make an appearance on a makeover reality television show after booking agent Eugene (Alan Cumming) thinks they'll be the perfect contestants. Their hopes of hitting the big time are in jeopardy, however, when they discover that their old high school rivals, led by Jackie (Elaine Hendrix), are now reputed beauty salon experts and in charge of the makeovers.
Director
Lorene Machado
Producer
Margaret Cho, Eva Kolodner, Yael Melamede, Karen Taussig
Screenwriter
Margaret Cho
Production Co
Salty Features, Cho Taussig Productions, Inc.
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
May 6, 2008
Runtime
1h 24m