Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles are maestros conducting a symphony of discomfort.
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07/08/09
Bruno (2009)
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Reviews Counted:210
Fresh:141
Rotten:69
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
181 - 200 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Those who go in with their jaws clenched are bound to find offense. Better to focus on the stuff that works outrageously.
07/08/09
The fallacy that Baron Cohen’s comedy is politically pertinent derives from its pandering to Lefty biases.
07/08/09
If Bruno is not quite up to the lofty standards of Borat, it is daring and sometimes insightful.
07/08/09
Outrage is entertainment!
07/08/09
Too often, Brüno feels like Borat's weak-wristed brother, too much of it just a gay cliche aimed straight at the American bigot belt.
07/08/09
... it feels funny enough -- and that may be the unkindest thing of all you could say about a comedy
07/08/09
Certainly, the film is worth seeing if only for the fascinating range in reactions (give ’em something to talk about indeed!).
07/08/09
...provokes half as many laughs in a seemingly less improvised comedy that goes twice again as far as Borat in goosing sexual sight gags designed to make even the most numb audience members blanch.
07/07/09
Baron Cohen's daring and fearlessness as a cultural critic is in as grand a form here as it was in Borat, his last adventure in... lampooning... kneejerk ignorance and superficiality.
07/07/09
May be the funniest film of the year thus far, but it doesn't come close to reaching the comedic heights of his previous effort, Borat.
07/07/09
Rated R for rude, raw, ribald, and repetitive, Brüno delivers Sacha Baron Cohen's brand of commando comedy, but little else.
07/07/09
More envelope-pushing and funnier than Borat, Baron Cohen's perilous brand of agit-comedy takes us from meetings with terrorists to acrobatic penises. How did this get away with an R rating?
07/07/09
Bruno is well worth seeing for a good laugh, even if it is a hit-and-miss affair. After all, I doubt any negative reactions will stop Baron Cohen pulling the greatest prank of all -- pocketing millions from willing suckers like us.
07/06/09
Top CriticBaron Cohen is a genuine comic guerrilla, charging right to the front lines of the war against prejudice and sanctimony.
07/06/09
Yes, Bruno is in 'gay face' if you will, but when going beyond the surface, he is clearly turning the mirror on us and saying, 'Do you see how stupid these stereotypes are?'
07/06/09
'tis the season for summer camp, and this one fits the bill as well as any other.
07/04/09
If Sasha Baron Cohen is an acquired taste, I'm sipping the Kool-Aid.
07/01/09
Even more insane and hysterical than Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen's hilarious follow-up is also far more coherent and effective at using shock factor to get you laughing.
07/01/09
The second hour of Bruno is a laugh out loud satire that will make the world a better place. That's what we want from Sacha Baron Cohen... Lots of people do funny. I'm glad he still transcended and took the bad people of the world down a peg."
07/01/09
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 
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July 12, 2009:
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July 09, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Bruno is Certified Fresh
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