A film that ignites the baser passions, satisfies the lowest common denominator and makes sure that it offends equally. That is the film's weakness and why it is a quick hit with no lasting value.
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11/18/06
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
91 %
Reviews Counted: 203 Fresh: 185 Rotten:18 Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus:
Jagshemash! Borat gets high-fives almost all-around for being offensive in the funniest possible way. Part satire, part shockumentary, Borat stars Sacha Baron Cohen as the gleefully sexist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic title character on a cross-country trek to learn more about our strange nation; along the way he dredges up the seamy underbelly of American prejudice and ignorance. Now the cat is out of the bag, what will Cohen do for an encore?
Runtime: 86 mins
Theatrical Release: Nov 3, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $128,387,996
Synopsis: Jagshemash! Sacha Baron Cohen, the star and creator of HBO's "Da Ali G Show," brings his Kazakh journalist character Borat Sagdiyev to the big screen for the first time. Leaving his native Kazakhstan, Borat travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Pamela Anderson, Ken Davitian
Reviews
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top Critic
Borat's cultural learning is revealing, even if it doesn't adequately convey how it benefits glorious nation of Kazakhstan.
07/16/08
The most impressive ingredient is Cohen, whose inflection and timing are dead-on as he negotiates a vague accent, a native language composed of gibberish and a sprinkling of Polish, and a way of making tired American jokes funny again.
03/06/08
America, you got punk'd and the result is horrifying. Borat paints a picture of the American landscape that would induce nightmares were you not laughing so hard.
02/28/08
The backlash just proves how deep a nerve the faux Kazakh journalist has hit.
11/01/07
A rude punk-rock snapshot of an America that quails at two men kissing but cheers the notion of George W. Bush drinking the blood of 'every man, woman and child in Iraq.'
07/23/07
By the end, you're eager to wrap things up. Along the way, though, Borat is a helluva ride.
07/14/07
Like great theatre, Borat holds up a mirror to its obliviously intolerant audience ... that serves as a shocking, but entertaining wake-up call.
07/10/07
Borat may be marked as a clownish, regressive foreigner, but as often as not in America he seems right at home.
07/02/07
Cohen uses his characters to point out our sacred cows, whatever they may be, and then shoot them with a well-placed dart.
04/10/07
The genius of Borat is all in Sacha Baron Cohen's daring, edgy, unrestrained performance.
03/24/07
Uma comédia não apenas engraçadíssima (algo cada vez mais raro), mas também inteligente e repleta de observações importantes sobre a Sociedade norte-americana contemporânea.
03/08/07
... contrary to what the cynical profess, it is possible to cheat an honest man. It's certainly easier to fool the naive and the innocent than your average wised-up consumer of pop culture.
03/06/07
En se donnant lui-même carte blanche, Cohen conféra une étonnante crédibilité à un personnage qui, en soi, n'en a absolument aucune.
02/26/07
Un falso documental bastante transgresor e irregular que desafía lo políticamente correcto. Su mayor logro es desnudar la hipocresía, el racismo y la xenofobia del estadounidense promedio.
02/22/07
To my mind, BORAT may have worked better on the small screen and in smaller amounts. At only 82 minutes, the movie felt padded out and it began to peter out.
01/11/07
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