Call me a grouch, but I found myself on side with Harrison Ford who, when stalked by Bruno for an interview, tells him exactly where to go.
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07/08/09
Bruno (2009)
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Reviews Counted:207
Fresh:139
Rotten:68
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Crude and offensive, but with ample cultural insights and gut-busting laughs, Bruno is another outlandish and entertaining mockumentary from Sacha Baron Cohen.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jul 9, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $59,992,760
Synopsis: After BORAT took over America in 2006, another Sacha Baron Cohen creation arrives on the big screen. In BRUNO, the gay Austrian model of the title brings his antics to the States.
Reviews for Bruno
1 - 20 (sorted by comments; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticI watched in superficial fascination, chuckled a couple of times, quickly became bored and found the 80 minute running time dragged like a one-note joke that outstays its welcome
07/06/09
Top CriticThe film's one authentic moment has him stalking Harrison Ford, who tells him in no uncertain terms where to go; frankly, I was with Ford.
07/17/09
Top CriticWhere Borat was an innocent abroad, Brüno is just broad; Sacha Baron Cohen makes Brüno the self centred and self obsessed centre of the film, which is not so much a story as a series of sketches designed to shock, disgust and outrage
07/06/09
Top CriticSacha Baron Cohen might be a one trick pony, but he sure knows how to give the audience, ahem, a good ride.
07/07/09
Top CriticYou should know by now whether Bruno is your kind of movie. I had high hopes, but confess to leaving the cinema somewhat disappointed.
07/06/09
Top CriticIt's essential - but hardly comfortable - viewing. You'll watch most of it through splayed fingers, and at times you'll need a spare hand to pick your jaw up off the cinema floor.
07/02/09
Top CriticWhile Cohen's taboo-breaking audacity remains in full force throughout Bruno, his ability to keep the big laughs on a roll has waned this time around.
07/12/09
Top CriticThere's a love story at the heart of this and it's not necessarily a feature film, but it is a film phenomenon and he is a master at self-promotion, you've got to admit.
07/08/09
Top CriticIt can be entertaining, in a scattergun way. But its most extreme moments feel forced rather than revealed. Even its over-the-top finale, with echoes of Borat's rodeo escapade, seems over-calculated this time around.
07/08/09
Top CriticFor sheer shock value and thats really why people go and see a film like this Bruno delivers. Its clear, however, that the formula is wearing thin, and Baron Cohen need dig deeper into his bag of tricks for his next outing.
07/06/09
Top CriticBruno is not nearly as ambitious as Borat, where Cohen's talent to outrage ranged far and wide. He's no longer a saboteur. He's become part of the machinery.
07/08/09
Top CriticWholly unsuitable for children, yet propelled by a nagging puerility that will appeal only to those in the vortex of puberty, or to adults who have failed to progress beyond it.
07/13/09
Top CriticWe all knew Borat. Borat was a friend of ours. Bruno, you're no Borat.
06/30/09
The fallacy that Baron Cohens comedy is politically pertinent derives from its pandering to Lefty biases.
07/08/09
It's a funny, funny, funny movie. It'd just not revolutionary anymore.
06/29/09
There is also a pronounced nasty streak to the innumerable provocations staged by the title character that curdles the laughs and wears out the flamboyant Austrian fashionista's welcome within the picture's brief 82-minute running time.
06/30/09
Top CriticEven worse than I thought it would be
07/14/09
The pic is all about Cohen goofing on others he feels superior to.
07/13/09
Wilder and riskier but also more calculated than Borat, Bruno shows outre sexual images, and how can you not like a gay Austrian who decides to repent after realizing that our top stars, Cruise, Travolta and Spacey share one thing, they're all straight
06/27/09
Latest News for Bruno
November 12, 2009:
RT on DVD: Wassup, Bruno
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July 13, 2009:
Bruno 'terrorist' threatens to sue Sacha Baron Cohen 
Ayman Abu Aita, the so-called 'terroist leader' interviewed by Sacha Baron Cohen in Bruno, claims he was duped by the star -- and is now threatening to sue the filmmakers. More...
July 12, 2009:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Brüno Struts To The Top Spot
Sacha Baron Cohen scored another number one hit with his latest shockfest comedy Brüno which opened atop the North American box office bumping two-time champ Transformers:... More...
July 09, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Bruno is Certified Fresh
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