Bruno (2009)
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Reviews Counted:208
Fresh:140
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
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 1/5 |
The 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. Full Review |
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While 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. Full Review |
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 3.5/5 |
There'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. Full Review |
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1/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Bruno 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. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
It 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. Full Review |
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Sacha Baron Cohen might be a one trick pony, but he sure knows how to give the audience, ahem, a good ride. Full Review |
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3/5 |
For sheer shock value – and that’s really why people go and see a film like this – Bruno delivers. It’s clear, however, that the formula is wearing thin, and Baron Cohen need dig deeper into his bag of tricks for his next outing. Full Review |
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3/5 |
You should know by now whether Bruno is your kind of movie. I had high hopes, but confess to leaving the cinema somewhat disappointed. Full Review |
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Where 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 Full Review |
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I 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 Full Review |
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4/5 |
It'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. Full Review |
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7/10 |
[Homophobia] deserves confrontation, but when done in the manner of the movie here, it is less enlightening than it is just plain squirmingly funny. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Merely a collection of supposedly shocking jokes about homosexuality and gay sex. Full Review |
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73/100 |
You can watch Bruno purely as outrageousness or you can view it while pondering where the line is - or should be - between incisive social commentary and misanthropy. Full Review |
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The only thing Cohen can do is to throw the character's sexuality in people's faces, but there are several brilliant sequences of baiting and utilizing American gay panic that really hit the satirical button. Full Review |
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For all of its button-pushing, the end result is almost as superficial as its egocentric hero. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
There are more consequences of his situations than there are laughs derived from them. Not everyone around here is a Howard Stern. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
What "Bruno" may lack in setup innovation, character conviction or "Borat's" inherent sweetness, it makes up for by pushing things beyond points of comfort or, in some cases, personal safety. Successfully uproarious in slaying social stratification. Full Review |
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3/4 |
As outlandish as the central character is, he uncovers some biting truths that no comedy writer could invent any better. Full Review |
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July 13, 2009:
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July 09, 2009:
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