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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Rank 3 Reviews
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CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Sacha Baron Cohen is a master improviser. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
Cohen's genius lies in combining the chameleon-like virtuosity of Peter Sellers with the balls-out fearlessness of the Jackass crew. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
My wife has always said that irony is what doesn't play outside New York, and "Borat" is probably the best example in ages of the truth of that insight. What are we to make, after all, of the moment when a tall, skinny man in an ill-fitting suit and a ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
Earlier this year before the new comedy Borat was released, Jewish-American comedian Albert Brooks imagined himself an envoy for the State Department in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. Like in Woody Allen's early stage play Don't Drink the Water, ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
Kaplan vs. Kaplan (Jeanne Kaplan)
Most of this film is designed to entertain tall 6-year-olds, my darling husband included. He laughed himself silly and I wanted to cover my head so no one would see me. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Kaplan vs. Kaplan (Jeanne Kaplan)
DVD Verdict (Ryan Keefer)
The year 2006 could be characterized as one with many events in the pop culture scene, the most notable being the arrival of Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh alter ego Borat Sagdiyev on the motion-picture scene. The small production started, stopped, and ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Verdict (Ryan Keefer)
Plugged In
For those unfamiliar with British comic Sacha Baron Cohen and his sketch character, Borat Sagdiyev, the ridiculously titled Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan serves as an amped-up "best of" collage ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Plugged In
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Borat Sagdiyev is the creation of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (Talladega Nights, Madagascar), one of many personas he developed over the years, appearing most often on his television program, "Da Ali G Show". The premise of the character, and of the ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)
Borat features British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as a fictional television journalist from Kazakhstan on a tour of the United States. The satire is biting and discomforting. But it's also funny and well-suited for our ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)
musicOMH (Shawn Fitzgerald)
The film, an unscripted mockumentary, opens in Kazakhstan, where Borat (Cohen, in a brilliant, Academy Award-worthy performance) introduces us to his village, its inhabitants and many of their traditions. Along with his producer, Azamat Bagatov (Ken ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at musicOMH (Shawn Fitzgerald)
Film Journal International (Lewis Beale)
Anyone who doesn't know who clueless, anti-Semitic and sexist Borat Sagdiyev is by now has obviously been in a coma for the past two months or so. The occasionally inspired creation of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat seems to have been put on ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Film Journal International (Lewis Beale)
Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Among the funniest movies I have ever seen has the mouthful title of "Borat: Cultural Learnings for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," which immediately set tongues wagging and sides splitting at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
The New Yorker (George Saunders)
The scene where the one-armed old man, many months later, weeps in his room at the memory of being tricked into wearing a sex toy on his arm. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The New Yorker (George Saunders)
MTV (Kurt Loder)
Cohen's dauntless refusal to break character, even in the most uncomfortable situations, is amazing to behold. The picture is often gaspingly hilarious. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
efilmcritic.com (Todd LaPlace)
"Borat" is not, however, nearly as wonderful as everyone wants you to believe it is. It seems weird to call what I'm rating as a four star movie overrated, but that's precisely what it is. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at efilmcritic.com (Todd LaPlace)
efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
The advance word on the bizarre new comedy "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" is that it is not only the funniest movie to come along in years, it somehow transcends and expands the possibilities of ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Nothing's safe from Cohen's sophisticated satire, disguised as backwater idiocy. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
King's Room (Paul Perkins)
In "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," Sacha Baron Cohen - star of HBO's hit comedy "Da Ali G Show," takes his outrageous Kazakhstani reporter character Borat to the big screen. In this hilariously ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Future Movies UK (Raam Tarat)
It's exactly this type of puerile humour that has had Borat's detractor's wondering what the hell is so funny about this movie, and had people talking so much. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Future Movies UK (Raam Tarat)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
With his corrosive brand of take-no-prisoners humor that scalds on contact, Cohen is the most intentionally provocative comedian since Lenny Bruce and early Richard Pryor, with a difference. For unlike those predecessors, there is a mean-spiritedness, an ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
IGN Movies (Filip Vukcevic)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is one of the funniest and most extreme movies of the past several years. If you're a fan of comedies, you'll have a blast here. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at IGN Movies (Filip Vukcevic)
Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
Unfortunately or not, I must digress from crankiness and address "Borat" in a way other than my usual sarcastic, semi-amusing schtick. This is because piling sarcasm upon sarcasm doesn't work very well, a lesson I learned all too painfully once ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
The movie "Borat" opens with Kazakhstan's 2nd most famous reporter introducing himself and his country to the audience. We learn about Borat, his family (including his sister - the #4 prostitute in all of Kazakhstan), his neighbors (including his ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Bullz-Eye.com (--)
It's one thing to make a controversial film, but it's another when that very same film is publicly denounced by an entire country. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Bullz-Eye.com (--)
New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
The brilliance of Borat is that its comedy is as pitiless as its social satire, and as brainy. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
The trailer makes Borat seem like a harmless farce, but the movie is among the most offensive ever made. And among the funniest. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
MovieWeb (Evan "Mushy" Jacobs)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Sacha Baron Cohen's riotous comedy is guaranteed to offend almost everyone, but it's also genuinely hilarious from start to finish. Jagshemash! ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
A surprisingly successful (most of the time) elaboration on a fairly simple sketch idea -- one that is often subversive and generally very funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Finally, a film based on a comedy sketch that hits 3 point homerun touchdown. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is as fearless as mockumentaries get. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
DVD Talk (Francis Rizzo III)
My only complaint, a minor one at that, is the way the main plot wraps up. In an effort to not ruin it for those who haven't seen the film, Borat's quest comes to an end in a way that's not exactly satisfying, leaving everything hanging in a way. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Talk (Francis Rizzo III)
L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Cocaine Cowboys' pulpy entertainment value merely lures us into a grim, kaleidoscopic look at how one city was both destroyed and, ironically, eventually saved by some of the worst human beings to walk the Earth. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
There are a lot of blue state folks who are offended by Cohen's portrayal of Kazakhstan as a backwards country of idiots. Hopefully, Cohen will find a way to make fun of these fun-hating cretins in his next picture ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
UpcomingDiscs.com (Ryan Erb)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
If you laugh at vulgar jokes or things you'd be ashamed to admit to finding funny in front of your mom, as Borat might say, please to enjoy this movie. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
London Daily Mail (Chris Tookey)
Borat has been condemned as so offensive that it should be banned, and hailed as the funniest film ever. Actually, it's neither, but it B is brave and highly original. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at London Daily Mail (Chris Tookey)
Entertainment Insiders ("Wearysloth")
The concept is not a new one, Alistair Cooke was sending "Letters from America" back to England form 1947 and for the next 58 years. Georges Mikes and Bill Bryson have mined similar territory. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Entertainment Insiders ("Wearysloth")
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
File "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" under guilty pleasures. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
DVD Town (Erik Martinez)
Sascha Baron Cohen made a name for himself with "Da Ali G Show" and it´s irreverent brand of sociological humor. In all honesty, I was never a big fan, most of the bits I saw usually revolved around his Ali G or Bruno characters. I always managed to ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Town (Erik Martinez)
KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Borat is a faux documentary about a documentary being made about the US in the US by a visitor from abroad. The lead and title character, whom we meet in his tiny village in his beloved poverty-stricken Kazakhstan, is the "sixth-best-known TV ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Slate (Dana Stevens)
At a Slate party this week, a colleague and I got into a discussion of what kind of movie Borat (Twentieth Century Fox) is. Is it a parody? If so, what would it be parodying—the horny Kazakh journalists who clog American airwaves with their dirty ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Borat at its best is pure satiric genius, the Swiftian kind that has you busting a gut with laughter even while checking your conscience for implicating flaws. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Cohen and his gang are smart enough to know when to quit. Like a loud but amusing guest at a dinner party, Borat collects his coat and goes home just as his hosts are starting to fidget. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
It's a fearless performance and yields some squirm-inducingly funny moments. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" arrives with the following disclaimer: "No reputations, public images or feelings were harmed in the filming of this ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
In Review (Adam Suraf)
Even the title of this movie is funny - “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”. If you’re in on Sasha Baron Cohen’s joke, and I think it doesn’t take long to get what he’s doing with his ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at In Review (Adam Suraf)
Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson)
Dane Cook can milk laughs from thousands of fratty yahoos—but that’s only because the dangerous comedians have gone underground. Not literally, of course, but deep into themselves; Sacha Baron Cohen is the best of these stealth comics (along with ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson)
CBC.ca Arts (Guy Leshinski)
The quintessential experience for those on the rump end of the lottery that determines ticket distribution at the Toronto International Film Festival is lining up for rush tickets to sold-out movies. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CBC.ca Arts (Guy Leshinski)
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Daniel Neman)
A movie that trades on the discomfort of its subjects also trades on the discomfort of its viewers. It asks us to laugh not only at its main character, who is knowingly making a fool of himself, but also at the innocent victims who cross his path. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Richmond Times-Dispatch (Daniel Neman)
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Rich Rosell)
Back in 2004 I reviewed the first season of Sacha Baron Cohen's Da Ali G Show series, and in my review I mentioned how I found his Borat character to be not much more than a "broken-English approach that seems like a shallow rip-off of the Ali G ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Rich Rosell)
Guess the Gross
There is a culture of cool rising around Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat. People everywhere seem to simply want to be in on the joke and explain to everyone how they are in on the joke while so many others aren't. Count me as someone who is not entirely in on ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Guess the Gross
Fulvue Drive-in
And some have sued. But no matter who you are, if you have seen the character Borat, met Borat, or even heard of Borat chances are you have already developed an opinion about him. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Fulvue Drive-in
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Comedia satÃrica protagonizada y producida por Sacha Baron Cohen, cómico bastante popular en los Estados Unidos por su personaje televisivo protagonista de “Da Ali G Show”. También ejerce de productor Jay Roach (“Los padres de ella”). ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
British-born comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is most familiar to American audiences as the obnoxious, openly gay French stock car driver who made Will Farrell's character in Talladega Nights a living nightmare. What most American moviegoers don't know is ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
"Tim Voon"
This mocumentary, shockumentary has been getting a lot of attention
since its release whether it is for a good reason or a bad one. I'm
sure this is exactly what Sacha Cohen was hoping for, a lot of media
frenzy surrounding lawsuits from the real ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at "Tim Voon"
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Sacha Baron Cohen is a genius. A crazy genius, maybe, a man who takes dedication to his art to a level courting criminal prosecution and bodily harm, but a genius nevertheless. He has invented a whole new kind of movie with Borat: Cultural Learnings of ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Haro Online
One of the stranger films in recent memory is the long-winded Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, a hybrid of fiction and reality, where scenes and dialogue are improvised with real people who aren't in ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Haro Online
<dnb@dca.net>
The rumors are really true. "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America
for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" is the funniest film
this side of Kuczek, an uproarious and extremely hairy upper-lipped
road movie from director Larry Charles (best ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at <dnb@dca.net>
The Nation (Richard Goldstein)
Myron Cohen he's not, but Sacha Baron Cohen is pretty much the hottest thing in sketch comedy now. One reason is the question his shtick poses: What are we laughing ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Nation (Richard Goldstein)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
This already controversial 'mockumentary' contains more laugh-out-loud moments than any film since last year's comedy hit The 40 Year Old Virgin. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Steve Rhodes
Not since JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK has such an outrageous comedy provoked such a strong, positive response from audiences. (THE ARISTOCRATS was an equally out-there comedy, which I found pathetic, so taking risks can produce something unwatchable ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Steve Rhodes
Leonard Maltin's Picks
If you’ve seen Sacha Baron Cohen in his ubiquitous television appearances during the past two weeks to promote his movie, you already have some sense of his character, clueless Kazakhstani television reporter Borat Sagdiyev. But even the excerpts ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Leonard Maltin's Picks
kids-in-mind
Satiric mockumentary about Borat Sagdiyev, a character created by Sasha Baron Cohen for his TV program "Da Ali G Show." Cohen also stars as Borat, a fictional Kazakh journalist who travels to the U.S.A. in order to study the American people and culture. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at kids-in-mind
Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Borat will offend as many as it delights. It's practically a litmus test for thick-skinnedness. It's also one of the funniest movies ever made. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
It's a fearless performance and yields some squirm-inducingly funny moments. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
Borat 's cultural learning is revealing, even if it doesn't adequately convey how it benefits glorious nation of Kazakhstan. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Paul Doro)
Borat is easily the funniest movie of the year. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Paul Doro)
Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
The outrageous comedy Borat holds a mirror up to the casual bigotry within American society. But it's a funhouse mirror, and a cracked one at that, making the film hilarious, fascinating and troubling all at once. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
FilmsInReview.com (Victoria Alexander)
Evil comedy, a new genre, has arrived. The bar has been raised and is flying over everyone's head. A fearless comedy. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at FilmsInReview.com (Victoria Alexander)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Borat is often convulsively, savagely funny, but beneath the scatology and mockery rests a knowingness about the manner in which societal prejudices can be hidden, diverted and even encouraged. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
a great litmus test for determining exactly how far a joke can go before you stop laughing. ...the movie isn't about promoting ignorance and intolerance but about exposing it through humor. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
LYTRules.com (Luke Y. Thompson)
It has great moments, but the scripted aspect of the story, which has Borat travelling cross country to propose to Pamela Anderson, isn't its strongest suit ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at LYTRules.com (Luke Y. Thompson)
Los Angeles CityBeat (Andy Klein)
...one of the funniest films in years and surely the most laugh-provoking. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Los Angeles CityBeat (Andy Klein)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
This side-splitting satire ranges from brilliant skewerings of American society to low humor that has to be seen to be believed. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Kaplan vs. Kaplan (David Kaplan)
Cohen's comic genius is remarkable because most of what he does is improvisation. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Kaplan vs. Kaplan (David Kaplan)
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Is it brilliant? Certainly, especially where it comes to the almost unnervingly focused performance by Cohen. But is it palatable? Probably not for me, sorry to say. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
We might be stuck in the quagmire in which we're stuck because the best intended were too deadened to affect any sort of meaningful change in time to matter. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Borat is a combination of mockumentary and Jackass -- Cohen gulls folks into thinking he's a real reporter so he can film spontaneous interactions with actual people. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
The cheerfully tasteless Borat is often screamingly funny and almost never dull, and that's more than I can say for just about every comedy to grace screens this year. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
All you think while you're watching is how could people be so amusingly stupid, and why can't I quit laughing at the sight of two naked men wrestling? ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Premiere Magazine (Jessica Letkemann)
Any movie that lists someone with the job of 'feces provider' in the credits is either going to be a disaster or one of the funniest, most outrageous films of the year. Borat is clearly the later. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Premiere Magazine (Jessica Letkemann)
WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Borat is funny, but it's not the Jesus Christ of comedies. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Denver Post (Michael Booth)
I highly recommend Borat to anyone like myself with zero emotional I.Q., those with a thick skin for when former friends decide you're a moron by association, and the wise people who believe that Jackass was shafted for the 2002 Oscar. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Richmond.com (Mike Ward)
Reviewing Borat is kind of like doing an autopsy on a clown. Some scenes are borderline awkwardly unbearable, but then you look down and see the bright red nose or big floppy shoes (or in this case a yellow thong bathing suit). And you laugh. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Richmond.com (Mike Ward)
Cinefile: il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Il giornalista televisivo Borat Sagdiyev viene spedito negli Stati Uniti con il compito di realizzare un documentario sulla cultura della nazione più grande del mondo dopo il Kazakistan, in modo che il popolo kazako possa trarne insegnamento. In ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Cinefile: il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Is Borat the funniest comedy of the year? Almost certainly -- but what's the competition? ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Expect to laugh uproariously; expect to choke back horror and revulsion, often at yourself. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)
...a fall-on-your-face, pee-in-your-pants screaming riot of wild racism, leering sexism and all-around grotesque intolerance...and believe it or not, it's on the side of the angels. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (--)
Prank humor is the cousin of playground ridicule, and you have to be a little sadistic to get a kick out of crank phone calls and hidden-camera ambushes. A friendly exception is "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch (--)
The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)
It is equipped, like an F-15 Eagle, to engage multiple targets at once. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)
www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)
It's sexually explicit, slyly slanderous, taking satiric aim at the simplistic absurdity of superstition and bigotry - in all forms. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
While this film will indeed insult almost everyone, it's also genuinely hilarious. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
You can take it as offensive (and an argument could be made that much of it is), or you can go along for the ride. I recommend the latter. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Tim Voon
This mocumentary, shockumentary has been getting a lot of attention since its release whether it is for a good reason or a bad one. I'm sure this is exactly what Sacha Cohen was hoping for, a lot of media frenzy surrounding lawsuits from the real ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Tim Voon
Harvey S. Karten
Well, then, OK, let's assume that the people Cohen came into
contact with were oblivious, despite the presence of Anthony
Hardwick's and Luke Geissbuhler's lensing. Does Cohen
succeed in showing that cracks in America's reputation for
tolerance and ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Time Out (--)
Sacha Baron Cohen is one of this country’s funniest performers, and the biggest pleasures of â€Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan’ (to give it its marvellously unwieldy full title) lie in simply ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Time Out (--)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
There are funnier ways to expose society's bigotry and corruption e.g. 'Thank You for Smoking.' 'Borat' has comic moments, but its repetitive idiocy is grating, its humor mean-spirited toward powerless people who are trusting and nice to him. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Hold the hyperbole...isn't a work of genius, just a cable comedy sketch with some sharply funny bits but overextended, needlessly crude and ultimately...smug. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Appreciating Great Trash (Chris Coleman)
In Borat (let’s just stick with the shortened title), Sacha Baron Cohen sets out on a perilous, half-staged / half-legit mission to unroot the misogynistic, racist, and militaristic underbelly of America, a modus operandi that feels tired right from ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Appreciating Great Trash (Chris Coleman)
d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Much of Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy in Borat falls awkwardly between candid-camera style surprises—Cohen’s titular Kazakh character catching real people off-guard with his cheery lack of social graces and embrasure of manifold hatreds—and more ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
There are funnier ways to expose society's bigotry and corruption e.g. 'Thank You for Smoking.' 'Borat' has comic moments, but its repetitive idiocy is grating, its humor mean-spirited toward powerless people who are trusting and nice to him. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
DVD MovieGuide
Although Sacha Baron Cohen’s Ali G character never really took off in America, his Borat personality gave the actor his breakthrough effort. 2002’s big screen adventure Ali G Indahouse didn’t even hit US theaters; it went straight to video here. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD MovieGuide
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Like Borat, Luenelle's a joke as well as a means to target others. But unlike Borat, she doesn't have her own movie. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
It's consistently double-over-laughing hilarious, never an easy feat when you're extending a comedy sketch into a full-length film. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Borat Sagdiyev (SACHA BARON COHEN) is a citizen of his native Kazakhstan who's proud of his local village and sister who's the fourth best prostitute there, but is enamored with all things American. Accordingly, he sets out to travel to the United States ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
filmrezension.de (Thomas Hajduk)
Einer der lehrreichsten Filme über Politik ist nicht zufällig eine Satire. In Barry Levinsons "Wag the Dog" gerät ein US-Präsident nach kurzem Intermezzo mit einer minderjährigen Pfadfinderin in Erklärungsnöte. Um die 15 Leitartikel ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at filmrezension.de (Thomas Hajduk)
3 Black Chicks ("The Diva")
Borat Sagdiyev (Sasha Cohen) is a Kazakhstani TV reporter who has traveled to America and vows to learn and document the American Culture for , as the titles says, “…Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”. Accompamied by his trusty sidekick ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at 3 Black Chicks ("The Diva")
World Socialist Web Site
In Borat, the mock documentary that opened in a number of countries this month, British comic Sacha Baron Cohen portrays fictional Kazakh television reporter Borat Sagdiyev on a cross-country American tour. An anti-Semite, sexist and homophobe, Borat ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at World Socialist Web Site
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Doesn't live up to the praise that has been heaped upon it, but it's amusing enough. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Comingsoon.net
Ever since "Borat" was released, it has received a lot of hype. From glowing reviews to protests to winning awards, you'd have to be living in Kazakhstan to not have heard about the movie. So does it live up to the hype? In some ways yes, in some ways no. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Comingsoon.net
Cutting Edge (--)
“This is my sister Natalya. She number four prostitute of whole Kazachstan!” Via die binnenkomer maken we kennis met Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen). Borat maakt zijn entree op het grote scherm na eerst meermaals, tot grote Kazachse schaamte, in ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Cutting Edge (--)
BBC Films
Everyone but the Kazaks loved Borat's big screen outing. Putting on a fake 'tache, a cheap suit and silly accent, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen managed to dupe average Americans into acting like, well, average Americans. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at BBC Films
Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
... this weapon of mass dysfunction leaves a lot of good, innocent jokes with no place to go. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
Film e Dvd
Tra la commedia slapstick più tradizionale, e quella più sfrontata e "politica", con alcune situazioni che simulano la candid camera, e altre più classiche, il campione d'incasso ai botteghini in Usa "Borat", mockumentary diretto da Larry Charles con ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Film e Dvd
KSL Radio (Doug & Steve)
The movie film is a government assigned project to broaden and enlight people and glory of nation. Cultural learning is emportant to follow on global basis. We make our nation a better and more convenient place for house and living. Kazakhs are ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at KSL Radio (Doug & Steve)
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Sacha Baron Cohen has made one funny film. It is a political satire and his target is us. It is both high and low culture and filled with many slap stick scenes. It goes way over the line on taste and visually it is often cringe-worthy. Did I mention it ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
What is the best way to offend or stir up millions of people all at one time? The answer is to make a movie. Michael Moore did it with “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Mel Gibson did it with “The Passion of the Christ,” Ron Howard and company did it with ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
The New Zealand Herald
But all that exposure also brought on the feeling that I already knew how the Borat joke ended before the lights went down. Turns out though that there's far more to the film than the gags in the trailer. It's a sustained piece of comedic brilliance ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The New Zealand Herald
Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
A relentless comedy extravaganza. He milks existing situations for the maximum comedy potential and creates comedy where there would otherwise be none... He's like Yakov Smirnoff on crack. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)
Who knows what the citizens of the Central Asian country Uzbekistan did to incur the wrath of a fictional Politburo? And no one, other than Sacha Baron Cohen, can fully understand why the Kazakh get the same treatment, only worse, at the hands of the man ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)
San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Internationally known as the creator and star of HBO's "Da Ali G Show," Baron Cohen brings his loopy character Borat Sagdiyev, the Kazakhstani journalist, to the big screen in the impossibly titled "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Exclaim! (--)
The first time Sacha Baron Cohen, the brains behind HBO’s Da Ali G Show, agreed to do a feature length spin-off of one of his characters, it was straight up embarrassing (see 2002’s Ali G Indahouse). All the show’s best qualities were scrapped in ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Exclaim! (--)
ComingSoon.net (--)
It's a sad state of our own nation that people still find sexist and racist humor so funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ComingSoon.net (--)
Voir.ca
Vous rappelez-vous Mahir? En 1999, ce pauvre Turc avait été victime d'une blague d'un ami qui avait publié des photos de lui sur un site Internet. Contre toute attente, l'Amérique s'était éprise de cette star instantanée, qui fut même ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Voir.ca
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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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