Bam Bam and Celeste

Margaret Cho's first narrative feature "Bam Bam & Celeste" famously went through many hurdles to finally reach the public. First they went through a battle to get funding to even have the movie produced. Then, once produced, critical reception was... Full review

I saw this film at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco! The film was funny, campy and a great send-up of 80s high school life! The audience at The Castro Theatre hooted and hollered and cheered all the way through.... Full review

I saw this film at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco! The film was funny, campy and a great send-up of 80s high school life! The audience at The Castro Theatre hooted and hollered and cheered all the way... Full review

This film is a comedy but it also has Cho's style of fresh brashness and honesty. There are a great number of racial slurs in the script slung at characters throughout the film. I found the non-comedy dialog to be... Full review

Horribly directed. I'm going to assume that this is why Margaret looked like she couldn't act her way out of a paper bag but even the director couldn't ruin her turns as her mother, which were the film's highlights.Who told... Full review

I saw this film at Fusion 2005 in L.A., and I laughed from start to finish, as did the entire screening audience. Cho's turn as her mother is priceless. Jane Lynch as a lesbian survivalist and Danny Hoch as a... Full review

I had the chance to catch Bam Bam and Celeste at the Toronto Festival. C'MON!! This is a campy feel good hit and it should be. Whose expecting this to be an English Art film?!?!?!? Margaret Cho is beyond amazing... Full review

I just saw this movie at the Toronto International Film Festival and Margaret Cho was there greeting fans at the entrance. She took questions, she took pictures, she was infinitely sweet and patient and I wanted nothing more than to... Full review

All noble sentiments for sure, but Cho neglects to wrap a good movie around them.....you'll have to be a lifetime member of the loyal Cho army to enjoy this low-rent road picture..... ... Full Review

I'm a Margaret Cho fan, though in a couple of her recent concert films she has drifted away from comedy into liberal call-and-response sessions meant to offer catharsis to her audience. ... Full Article

Long prologue shows title characters at the bottom of their mid-'80s high school totem pole: Effeminate African-American Bam Bam (Bruce Daniels) is roughed up by jocks, while Korean-American Celeste (Cho) is a goofy Cyndi Lauper manque in a sea of... ... Full Article