DVD
Upcoming Release Calendar
Film Awards & Top 10s By Year
All-Time High Scores
All-Time Low Scores
Best / Worst of the Decade
Recent DVD/Video Releases
60
9
xx
Across the Hall
56
Adam
37
Amelia
73
Amreeka
35
Babysitters, The
70
Big Fan
57
Boys Are Back, The
81
Bright Star
71
Bronson
60
Brothers at War
55
Brothers Bloom, The
45
Burning Plain, The
xx
Carriers
64
Che
57
Chelsea on the Rocks
66
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
23
Couples Retreat
54
Dare
68
Departures
19
Downloading Nancy
55
Endgame
39
Fame
30
Final Destination, The
27
Gamer
50
Give Me Your Hand
46
Halloween II
73
House of the Devil, The
94
Hurt Locker, The
55
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
17
I Hate Valentine's Day
26
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
83
In the Loop
58
Invention of Lying, The
47
Jennifer's Body
41
Little Ashes
80
Lorna's Silence
33
Love Happens
67
Michael Jackson's This Is It
xx
Ministers, The
67
Moon
59
More Than a Game
49
New York, I Love You
66
No Impact Man
47
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
28
Pandorum
68
Paranormal Activity
85
Passing Strange
63
Perfect Getaway, A
44
Peter and Vandy
54
Pontypool
35
Post Grad
30
Saw VI
79
Serious Man, A
36
Serious Moonlight
76
Soul Power
40
Spiral
39
St. Trinian's
33
Stepfather, The
45
Surrogates
47
Time Traveler's Wife
43
Tru Loved
61
Trucker
47
Weather Girl
67
Whip It
28
Whiteout
73
Zombieland
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.
I'm The One That I Want
EMAILPRINTCho Taussig Productions
Universal acclaim
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 7 votes
Read user comments
Rate this movie >
Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by: Margaret Cho
Directed by: Lionel Coleman
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 7, 2000
DVD: October 9, 2001
Running Time: 96 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not rated
Starring Margaret Cho
Set in San Francisco's Warfield Theatre, this concert film starring comedienne Margaret Cho covers a wide variety of topics including her mother, drug and alcohol abuse, homosexuality, and the failure of "All-American Girl," a network television comedy starring Ms. Cho as the anti-stereoytypical daughter of an Asian-American family.
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Margaret Cho: Assassin Notorious C.H.O.
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
She (Cho) can tell a joke, mimic, offer commentary, play cute, play ugly and be so hilariously absurd that tears will run down your cheeks.
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Several times while watching the movie I laughed until the tears were running down my face.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
It's hard to think of many more galvanizing definitions of what it means to be an American than Cho's volcanic self-assessments.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
We're in a golden age of comedy, and one of the reasons is Margaret Cho.
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Identifying herself with other minorities (whose members she mimics outrageously), Cho shatters racial and sexual stereotypes with merciless wit.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Libby Molyneaux
An uplifting -- not to mention pee-your-pants funny -- true story of self-acceptance that should be required viewing for all TV executives and teenage girls.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Cho is raw, uncensored, and side-splittingly hilarious.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
The funniest thing I've seen this summer.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
But there's a discomfiting side to her comic riffs, because in our all-too-concerned-with-image society, they ring far too true.
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
(Director Lionel Coleman) wisely opts for a straightforward approach with long takes that capture Cho's kinetic rhythm and rely on her talent and honed timing to carry the evening.
Austin Chronicle Byan Poyser
The real joy of watching this movie is seeing a stand-up comedian who is incredibly comfortable with herself, her material, and her audience.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Charles Savage
It's hard to connect with long minutes of self-pity by a temporarily has-been celebrity.
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
On the downside, it's slackly edited -- comedy is, after all, all about timing and there are way too many lengthy shots of Cho waiting for her audience to respond.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer
Devotees of the comedienne presumably will think they have died and gone to heaven, while Cho virgins may laugh aloud a half-dozen times but probably won't become converts.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Dennis Lim
The time-outs from wisecracking -- invariably, to impart a simplistic self-esteem lesson or two -- feature the most awkward silences you're likely to endure in a comedy routine.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Allan Johnson
If only the film had been a more visually satisfying experience.
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Chuck F. gave it a10:
I've seen this movie half a dozen times. It makes me laugh and cry each time. No standup concert film comes close since Richard Pryor's "Live on the Sunset Strip". Not Seinfeld, not Murphy, not Rock. Margaret, like Pryor, trancends the genre, making it far more a theatrical experience.
Yoon Min C. gave it a 0:
Ugly, disgusting, and obnoxious Marge Cho wants herself. I advise to clone herself, buy some sex toys, and have herself and her clone do eachother for all eternity and leave the rest of us the hell alone. This is movie as 3-D vomit and smellorama. This swine woman really stinks.
