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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Rank 2 Reviews
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DVD Clinic ("Sturdy")
If you've never seen Da Ali G show, then I think you'll get a lot more out of this movie than those that were fans of the show. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Clinic ("Sturdy")
JackassCritics.com (Tom Blain)
Of course the fiction sort of ends there. There is a fictional side to the movie, then there is the real side. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at JackassCritics.com (Tom Blain)
eFilmCritic.com (Matt Seaver)
The thing is, a good portion of this film is still pretty damn funny. The positive that will come from Borat is that Sacha Baron Cohen will be elevated to the level of bankable star. Which means, hopefully, that after the movie based on his Bruno ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Matt Seaver)
BBC (Paul Arendt)
Borat famous journalist is from East, where sister is number four prostitute in whole Kazakhstan. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at BBC (Paul Arendt)
JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
Again, given all that I'd heard about the film, I expected it to be funnier. Granted, I did laugh a few times, but I found most of the scenes to be more cringe-worthy than funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
The Nation (Stuart Klawans)
The public has now chosen between these traditions, as it does from time to time; and for this round it has decided the question by an epoch-defining majority. In one weekend, Borat grossed a reported $26.4 million: as much as Flags of Our Fathers took ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Nation (Stuart Klawans)
RogerEbert.com (Jim Emerson)
Borat, and Borat , will be funny for at least as long as anybody remembers there were, and are, bigots anywhere in this world. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at RogerEbert.com (Jim Emerson)
CBC.ca Arts (Katrina Onstad)
If you must see the sort-of-documentary Borat - and you must -wear a turtleneck, maybe even a cowl neck. At the very least, have a scarf on hand, as it will help to have somewhere soft to bury your face and hide from the horror. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CBC.ca Arts (Katrina Onstad)
CNN.com (Paul Clinton (CNN.com))
If you don't get HBO and remain oblivious to the YouTube viral marketing campaign, you need to know that Borat Sagdiyev is a roving reporter, the sixth most famous personality in his native Kazakhstan. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CNN.com (Paul Clinton (CNN.com))
The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe)
Back when Scream was a big deal--when Scream 3 was a big deal, actually--the ads for Bats started coming out. Bats spelled backwards is Stab, the Scream movie-in-movie... and it was from some unknown company with a suspiciously comic cast. I thought ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe)
Political Film Society
In 1831, twenty-five year old aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville toured American and wrote up his memorable impressions, thereby ushering in a genre of on-the-road literature about the United States that has often been brought to the screen, most recently ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Political Film Society
Cinema Blend
By now, everyone knows Borat. He's the offensively lovable Kazakstanian reporter whose cultural ignorance knows no bounds. Birthed from the comedic depths of Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat interviews Americans in hopes of learning more about the culture. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Cinema Blend
hoopla.nu
From how Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has otherwise been received, one could be forgiven for thinking that Sacha Baron Cohen is the comic messiah. The plaudits have generally made reference to his ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at hoopla.nu
Flak Magazine (David Essex)
The true subject, subtext and M.O. of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is as old as civilization itself: barabarism. It may be that the binary structures of cognition and identity make barbarism ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Flak Magazine (David Essex)
The Observer (Philip French)
Borat, as anyone who hasn't spent the past month in a Big Brother-type house knows, is a spasmodically funny follow-up to the dismal Ali G Indahouse, with Sacha Baron Cohen pretending to be the eponymous misogynistic, anti-semitic, pidgin ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Observer (Philip French)
PopMatters
Borrowing from Andy Kaufman, John Waters, and Steve-O, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan delights in irreverence and abuse. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at PopMatters
tonymedley.com (Tony Medley)
Another anti-intellectual attempt at comedy with jokes that concentrate on male nudity, stupid ingenuity, gay sex, and excrement. Unfortunately, irreverence does not always equate to quality humor. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at tonymedley.com (Tony Medley)
ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
It's sad that anyone can claim brilliance to this unoriginal one-joke character. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Borat may be dangerous to abdominal health; there must be a limit to how many convulsions a belly can take without trauma. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
It's offensively funny in places but it can't sustain itself for a feature length running time and it's not nearly as clever or as fun as it should be. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
A cinematic stunt that works occasionally, but not often enough. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
Guardian (UK) (Peter Bradshaw)
Why does everyone love Borat? He only has to show up and he's all over the newspapers. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Guardian (UK) (Peter Bradshaw)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (--)
Sasha Baron Cohen creates funny and quirky characters, from Jean Girard, Ricky Bobby's slithery nemesis in "Talladega Nights," to Julien, the lemur king who liked to move it, move it that Cohen voiced for ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (--)
Slate (Ron Rosenbaum)
But then there's the heavy-handed, frat-boy, butt-head Borat, the dumbed-down buffoon Borat of Borat the movie. The Jackass Borat. Let's call him Borat Two. Yes, I laughed, you'll laugh, it's stupid-funny. Hey, I don't have anything against ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Slate (Ron Rosenbaum)
New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Except for a screamingly funny climax in which he attempts to kidnap Pamela Anderson (who reportedly wasn't in on the joke), I found the Borat feature (directed by Larry Charles, who does similar duties on "Curb Your Enthusiasm") depressing; and the ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)
As clever as he is crude, Cohen alchemizes bad-taste comedy into Strangelovean satire. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)
Mark R. Leeper
The film BORAT!: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, henceforth just to be called BORAT, apparently got a very positive reception at the Toronto International Film Festival. It rates an impressive 8.5 rating out ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Mark R. Leeper
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User Reviews
by darin on February 06, 2009 North Salt Lake, Utah
If your looking for great humor and some lines to quote from a movie, this is one to watch. You will be saying lines from this movie for a while. Amaze your friends with lines from this movie. You will not be let down, I am sure they would know the lines ...
by cory on February 23, 2009 Ogden, Utah
This silly yet ingenious comedy is one of the funniest movies ever made.
Part of what makes Borat so funny is that Sacha Baron Cohen dupes his victims into thinking his interviews and situations are real. He then plays with their minds to embarrass ...
by jace on January 23, 2009 Ogden, Utah
This was a movie that would make you laugh because it is so crazy and weird. it was sometimes hard to understand him but it was funny i laughed cause it was nothing like i have seen before. it is a movie that if i was to watch it again i would make sure ...
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