Bam Bam and Celeste

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Bam Bam and Celeste

2005

1h 24m

Comedy

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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.

Dennis Harvey

Variety

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.

Oct 14, 2005

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Light and inoffensive but lacks the depth and revolutionary bite of Cho's best stand-up material.

Rated: B

Oct 5, 2007

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

you'll have to be a lifetime member of the loyal Cho army to enjoy this low-rent road picture.

Rated: 1.5/5

Sep 9, 2007

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Audience Member

Margaret Cho never disappoints.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

You've really gotta like margaret cho to be into this.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Just saw this on Logo. It's very cute and retro. Alan Cummings is great in it!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

I am in love with this movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Lorene Machado

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Margaret Cho

Celeste

Bruce Daniels

Bam Bam

Jane Lynch

Darlene

Elaine Hendrix

Jackie

John Cho

Stephan

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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