There is no braver satirist than Sacha Baron Cohen today, working in any medium, and I salute him. This movie is going to be as big as Borat, and deservedly so.
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07/10/09
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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
One of the funniest things you'll ever see.
07/10/09
For the majority of its short running time Brüno is a masterpiece of comedy by embarrassment.
07/10/09
You could laugh so hard you won't be sure what will split first - your head, sides or "kugelsack".
07/10/09
Cohen’s new one-star show is appalling and funny and sometimes both simultaneously.
07/10/09
Of course, there are laughs, and if audacity were the only principle by which film-making achievement were judged the movie would be a knockout. But having groaned and winced through most of its 83 minutes I couldn't wait to get out of there.
07/10/09
There are a lot of big, cruel laughs in this but it was a lot easier to warm to the innocent Borat than the self-absorbed Brüno and the film begins to overstay its welcome even at a trim 80-odd minutes.
07/10/09
It's properly ridiculous, mad entertaining and, dare we say it, laugh-out-loud silly.
07/10/09
Better than Borat? No. But easily just as good, and twice as outrageous.
07/10/09
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest outing is undeniably hilarious and you can't help but admire the sheer chutzpah involved in making the film.
07/10/09
Baron Cohen is an astonishingly focussed performer; we have no idea how he doesn't crack a smile.
07/10/09
Borat remains Sacha Baron Cohen's masterpiece. But gag for gag, Brüno is every bit its equal. So is it the best comedy of the year? Without a doubt.
07/10/09
As funny as some of this is, though, even with a running time just shy of 90 minutes, Brüno often feels as if it's straining for effect.
07/10/09
Bruno is not for the easily upset but if you roared with laughter at Borat the chances are that you will find the gay Austrian model even more outrageously funny.
07/10/09
As social satire, 'Brüno' is boorish and scattershot; as farce, it is obvious and erratic.
07/10/09
You have to give Baron Cohen's publicists five stars, though the film itself falls short of that.
07/10/09
Top CriticNot since Lenny Bruce has a comedian pointed a spotlight on people with such observational precision.
07/09/09
Bruno is curiously ineffective, a sort of middling effort that fails to liberate itself from the stereotypes that provide the character's foundations, even if it also doesn't deliberately or harmfully reinforce them.
07/09/09
If you're naďve, in high school, or a dedicated follower of scatology, you'll think this is genius. Anyone with world experience, however, will feel left out of the loop.
07/09/09
There's laughter but it's empty, mean-spirited laughter. Bruno makes fun of people for no other reason than it can, not because it has something to say.
07/09/09
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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