Borat is sent to America with producer Azamat Bagatov to brush with American culture and help Kazakhstan move forward in the 21st Century. While there, he goes renegade and tries to hunt down Pamela Anderson for a quick marriage (with his 'wedding sack') after his wife Oksana is killed by a bear while walking his retarded brother Bilo.
I will admit that this film is frequently hilarious, but it's not as good as I thought it could be. Sacha Baron Cohen recycles a lot of jokes and situations from the TV show. I've seen every Borat sketch that has been made available to the public and the easy targets are beginning to not be as shocking or entertaining as they once were. He aims all of his material at the idiots who fall for it or who have not seen him on TV. Bringing a (fake) hooker to a snooty High Society dinner, boozing with moronic college frat-boys or jive-talking to a stuck-up concierge is not intelligent comedy anymore. His method of exposing bigots, hypocrites and narrow-minded idiots with his special blend of Socratic irony and entrapment has been used to great effect in the past but it's getting old. Since this movie is probably the last we will see of Borat it's a shame he didn't come up with a new edge.
Sacha Baron Cohen must have the biggest balls in the whole world to do what he does though. I could never keep a straight face while pretending to interrogate a yard sale lady/gypsy over a Barbie doll/woman she has shrunk. Nor could I deliberately, over-exaggerate a massive fall into priceless antiques in a store and not pay for it.
There is one particular scene that pushes the boundaries of taste so far back that it could circle Pluto several times over. I will mention nothing of the content of this scene but I have to warn you, it is insane, teeth-grindingly funny and absolutely disgusting. You need to see it to believe it.
Obviously there are some parts to this film that are totally staged but if you try to figure it out, Sacha Baron Cohen has to tried to make it as little-faked as possible and you'll realize how it's all done. Of particular note is the surprisingly emotional musical score to the film which really stood out and made an impression. Strange considering the type of film that it is. I must hunt down the CD.
No one will fall for Borat's schtick anymore. This movie will make him too popular. He goes out with a predictable BANG instead of KABOOM!
I will admit that this film is frequently hilarious, but it's not as good as I thought it could be. Sacha Baron Cohen recycles a lot of jokes and situations from the TV show. I've seen every Borat sketch that has been made available to the public and the easy targets are beginning to not be as shocking or entertaining as they once were. He aims all of his material at the idiots who fall for it or who have not seen him on TV. Bringing a (fake) hooker to a snooty High Society dinner, boozing with moronic college frat-boys or jive-talking to a stuck-up concierge is not intelligent comedy anymore. His method of exposing bigots, hypocrites and narrow-minded idiots with his special blend of Socratic irony and entrapment has been used to great effect in the past but it's getting old. Since this movie is probably the last we will see of Borat it's a shame he didn't come up with a new edge.
Sacha Baron Cohen must have the biggest balls in the whole world to do what he does though. I could never keep a straight face while pretending to interrogate a yard sale lady/gypsy over a Barbie doll/woman she has shrunk. Nor could I deliberately, over-exaggerate a massive fall into priceless antiques in a store and not pay for it.
There is one particular scene that pushes the boundaries of taste so far back that it could circle Pluto several times over. I will mention nothing of the content of this scene but I have to warn you, it is insane, teeth-grindingly funny and absolutely disgusting. You need to see it to believe it.
Obviously there are some parts to this film that are totally staged but if you try to figure it out, Sacha Baron Cohen has to tried to make it as little-faked as possible and you'll realize how it's all done. Of particular note is the surprisingly emotional musical score to the film which really stood out and made an impression. Strange considering the type of film that it is. I must hunt down the CD.
No one will fall for Borat's schtick anymore. This movie will make him too popular. He goes out with a predictable BANG instead of KABOOM!