A giddy mash-up of social, sophomoric and shocking humor.
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07/12/09
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
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
A brilliantly rude, deliriously insane closeted sexual politics on steroids mockumentary. Boasting Bruno as the anointed White Obama, waxed rectums, defense moves against multi-hued dildos, and Ron Paul as peeved object of erotic desire.
07/11/09
Teutonic Twins: Baron Cohen's 'Brüno' owes its life to Myers' 'Sprockets'
07/11/09
Bruno is no Borat!
07/11/09
No stoop is too low for a Cohen gag.
07/11/09
Bruno has enough gay heat to toast a Pop Tart in the Pope's ass.
07/11/09
Get ready for more shock waves. With Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen again pushes the sociopolitical comedy envelope as far as he can.
07/11/09
Unless you are really, really, really, really difficult to offend, you will be upset by something in this film. Seriously, count the "really"s. Do the math. Prepare yourself. Sacha Baron Cohen does not pull punches. If you were disturbed by BORAT, you are
07/11/09
But by pointing out how low some people will sink to hit the heights of fame, Baron Cohen can raise as many valid discussions as he can squirms.
07/10/09
Sure, the shine is off as far as Cohen's particular modus operandi, but this is a funny comedy with both the capacity to make you think and genuinely recoil.
07/10/09
Those who last beyond the first few minutes will be treated to a film that's more focused than Borat, with more jokes, less fluff, and enough social awareness to step on some toes. And it saves the best stunt for last.
07/10/09
The way the film exposes, tries, convicts, and administers punishment to homophobes - through humor rather than preachiness - had me laughing for 82 straight minutes.
07/10/09
A sporadically funny comedy that often shocks and disgusts, but falls flat with tedious and lazy humor.
07/10/09
Jive-talking robots and Ben Stiller 'going full retard' be damned. Brüno is easily one of the most offensive films in years, and that is what makes it awesome.
07/10/09
a hit-and-miss brand of humor, as likely to leave you squirming from embarrassment as howling with laughter.
07/10/09
There's good bad taste and then there's just plain bad bad, which is what describes most of Brüno.
07/10/09
Some of the scenes do beg the question of if they were staged or not, but after the first ten minutes or so you're laughing too hard to really care.
07/10/09
Baron Cohen's instincts for outrage are spot on. It's not insight we need at all right now, but a very sharp bonk on the head.
07/10/09
Top CriticSimultaneously funny, infuriating, daring, cruel and tasteless.
07/10/09
Even if this is the end, we must applaud his audacity, even if we can't always bear to watch it in action. Is this comedic genius? As Brüno would say: Ich think so.
07/10/09
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
This week at the movies, we've got Austrian audacity (Bruno, starring Sacha Baron Cohen) and graduation gratification (I Love You, Beth Cooper, starring Hayden Panettiere and... More...
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