Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Reviews

Yes, it will make you think a lot. It will make you think about America. It will make you think about the western ideals superpower nations flood the world with. It will make you think about racism, bigotry, western feminism, anti-semitism,poverty in third world countries, sexism and all the wrong things about this world.

It's a very reflective movie with tons of irony. Borat himself is an irony because Sacha Baron Cohen, a British actor and a Jew plays him.

Borat challenges the viewer to rethink their perceptions about certain things. We may say and think that we are cultured individuals because we have been educated on western education but perhaps we may act otherwise in front of a "backward" man like Borat.

I read a lot about "satire", "political correctness", "shocking" and so on, but as DerMika pointed out already: I got much more from reading about this movie than from watching it.

Standing naked in an elevator or scaring the hell out of pam didn't make me love and I don't consider the just seen "satire", its just plain old nonsense, the referal to jackass hits it.

Four points though for the few spotlights even this movie had.

This movie had some very funny moments and was good for a few laughs. I wouldn't recommend this movie as a must see. I got in for free and thats about what I would pay to see it. I would wait for cable to see this one. If you have seen the trailers for the movie, you have seen pieces of all the funny bits in the movie. The only scenes you have missed are the ones with nudity. And gentleman were not talking about beautiful women showing off their wares. If you like seeing men's behinds, you'll like the nude scenes which were pretty funny. If you are sensitive to religious parodies, I wouldn't watch this film.

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"Has this man made the funniest movie ever"? No. Not even close. Don't get me wrong, there are some hilarious uncomfortable moments and the exploitation of Middle America was great, but it wasn't enough to support Borat's cross-country motives as the film just lacked a storyline worthy of the hype.

What made Borat so great on Da Ali G Show was Sacha Baron Cohen's moderate use of the character. An hour and a half of the accent and mannerisms became a real annoyance as I begged for Ali G or Brüno to show up and reclaim my interest. Overall, I would class it along with recent slapstick comedic documentaries such as the Jackass Movie series, but I could hardly make an attempt to place it anywhere near my top 25 comedies of all time.

I went to see this movie after having seen the trailer. I was expecting a funny movie with painful conversations, but I left the theatre with the feeling that I had seen the best parts of the movie in the trailer already.

Of course the movie is hilarious, especially the parts where politically correct Americans try to communicate with this "figure from Kazachstan" without getting disgusted with him or his ideas. Or the parts where he meets Americans who are even bigger racists or woman-haters than himself. It's a shame these moments are too few.

Nach Ali G bringt der britische Komiker Sacha Baron Cohen nun auch seine zweite Kunstfigur Borat auf die große Leinwand. Im Gegensatz zu Ali Gs Spielfilmdebüt ist Borats Film eine Dokumentation. Dabei spielt Sacha Baron Cohen die Figur derart überzeugend, das es für den Zuseher leicht ist Borat als echten Charakter zu akzeptieren Wenn Borat mit seiner kasakischen Naivität auf Amerika trifft entlarvt er die vielen Vorurteile die es über das Land und seine Bewohner gibt. Der Humor einzelner Szenen geht oft an die Schmerzgrenze und darüber, vor allem deshalb weil sich die vorkommenden Amerikaner selbst entlarven. Selbst für Zuseher die, diese beißende Satire auf Amerika und seine Bewohner nicht mitbekommen, bietet der Film dank der doch recht derben Gags ausreichend Unterhaltungswert. Fazit: Ein Film der beißende Satire mit Jackass-Humor verbindet und so ein breites Publikum erreicht.