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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Rank 4 Reviews
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Frank's Reel Reviews
Some critics list 2005's Crash as one of the most important films in recent history to explore racism, prejudice and the way Americans deal with cultural and racial differences. That was probably a fair and accurate assessment ... until Borat was ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Frank's Reel Reviews
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
One of the funniest movies ever made. Yes, ever. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
DVDTalk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Borat is an obscenely terrific comedic treasure of a film, and it furthers Cohen's agenda to reveal America's large collection of boobs and bigots. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVDTalk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Blackfilm.com
Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen), a terminally-gullible TV reporter hailing from a primitive little village in Kazakhstan, harbors some rather naïve notions about the West. For example, because he apparently learned most of what he knows about ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Blackfilm.com
Newsweek (David Ansen)
This is comedy from the danger zone, and it will genuinely offend some folks who feel certain subjects are not to be laughed at. They'd best stay at home. Fans should be warned as well: Borat can make you laugh so hard it hurts. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Like the orginal Airplane! or an early Mel Brooks film, it's destined to be quoted, revisited and cherished for years to come. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
E! Online (Dezhda Mountz)
Cohen has updated the art of racial satire for a new, troubled world, and Borat is its king. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at E! Online (Dezhda Mountz)
Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Borat is the funniest comedy I've seen since I don't know when. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
FirstShowing.net (Josh Green)
...my expectations were not only blown away, but this is THE Borat movie every single fan has been dying to see. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at FirstShowing.net (Josh Green)
MovieWeb (Kaya Savas)
Borat is the brainchild of Sacha Baron Cohen, an incredibly versatile and hilarious British comedian. Sacha Baron Cohen is a shape shifter, he has created characters and has basically become those characters, Ali G and Borat are his most famous. Borat is ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at MovieWeb (Kaya Savas)
MovieWeb (Timothy M. Bruderek)
Some critics are saying that "Borat" could be the "funniest movie ever"...and I couldn't agree more. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at MovieWeb (Timothy M. Bruderek)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Townsend)
Chicago Sun-Times (Jim Emerson)
Orlando Weekly (Jason Ferguson)
Face it, Borat is the funniest movie ever made. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Orlando Weekly (Jason Ferguson)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
Borat packs all the intellectual punch of the standard pack of ultra-serious Oscar hopefuls. Plus it makes you laugh until your lungs hurt. And that's why it's one of the best movies of the year. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
This is the finest and most thoughtful comedy released so far this century. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Nitrate Online (Dan Lybarger)
With its frequently astute social observations, "Borat" effortlessly uses bad taste for a good cause. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Nitrate Online (Dan Lybarger)
Chris Jarmick
Sacha Baron Cohen is now in Andy Kauffman and Albert Brooks territory. He has created a fully thought out character in Borat Sagdiyev, the thin, passionately naive, bigoted, wire-haired journalist from Kazakhstan enamored passionately with American ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Chris Jarmick
Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
A comic put-on of awe-inspiring crudity and death-defying satire and by a long shot the funniest film of the year. It is Jackass with a brain and Mark Twain with full frontal male nudity. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
stylusmagazine.com (Jeff Weiss)
who wants to read another glowing Borat review at this point? Not me. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find any Internet-savvy reader who hasn't grown exhausted from all the pre and post-release hype. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at stylusmagazine.com (Jeff Weiss)
FilmJudge
Borat Sagdiyev (Cohen), a Kazakhstani television host, is dispatched to the USA to make a documentary about the American way of life. Along with his producer Azamat Bagatov (Davitian), he arrives in New York and falls in love with Pamela Anderson. He ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at FilmJudge
DVD Talk (Eric D. Snider)
There are so many brilliant things about "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" that I don't even know where to start. It's breathtakingly funny, and I mean that during some scenes I literally laughed so ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Talk (Eric D. Snider)
filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
Kazakhstan has a pretty sunny disposition for what is, ostensibly, a hellhole. In the middle of this dirt patch between Russia and China lies, a man toils to make his life better. He makes his living as a television reporter for Kazakhstan TV and his ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Talent is luck, they say, and right about now, no comedian has more of either than Sacha Baron Cohen. The taxpayers from the sovereign state of Kazakhstan have been lavishly subsidising the publicity for Baron Cohen's new movie with fury-filled full-page ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Empire (Dan Jolin)
Absurd, outrageous, gross, disturbing, insightful, and so funny it'll burst half the blood vessels in your face. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Empire (Dan Jolin)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
It's screamingly, hysterically, laugh-through-the-next-joke, laugh-for-the-next-week funny. It's so inventive?This is a film by an original and significant comic intelligence. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Borat is a rarity: a comedy whose middle name is danger, or as the Kazakhs say, kauwip-kater. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
The result is a perfect combination of slapstick and satire, a Platonic ideal of high-and lowbrow that manages to appeal to our basest common denominators while brilliantly skewering racism, anti-Semitism, sexism and that peculiarly American affliction: ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
Slate (Dana Stevens)
Wildly funny. Its best jokes approach some savage, atavistic core of cultural taboo and make the viewer wonder: Is it really possible to laugh at this? But by the time you formulate that question, it's too late: You're already laughing. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Though Borat has been likened to "Jackass," there's a huge difference. The "Jackass" movies are about extreme stunts. Borat is about interaction and gullibility, and its success is unique to both Cohen and to this one-time-only movie. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Sacha Baron Cohen is a comic genius. As Borat Sagdiyev, a TV journalist from Kazakhstan who is the least politically correct character imaginable, Baron Cohen spits out the most outrageous racist and sexist statements he can think of. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Big Picture Big Sound (David Kempler)
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" is certainly a film unlike anything you have ever previously seen. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (David Kempler)
London Daily Mirror (David Edwards)
DRESSED in the worst suit this side of an Oxfam rack, Kazakhstan journalist Borat Sagdiyev proudly tells us he's come to the United States to shoot a documentary with just "a jar of gypsy tears to protect me from Aids". ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at London Daily Mirror (David Edwards)
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
To paraphrase a great possum: We have met the racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic crazy Kazakh, and he is us. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
It's scathing satire, audacious, ridiculous and screamingly riotous -- but it's not mean-spirited. It's just funny. Good heavens, is it ever funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
Bigotry never will go away. So when its temporary takedown is as savagely witty and wise as Sacha Baron Cohen's mad-scientist creation, even those of us with the best intentions might as well furiously laugh at man's inhumanity to man. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
ShowBIZ Data
No critic would call the humor in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan inoffensive. In fact, most suggest that there's something in the film that will offend just about everyone. Especially those innocents ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
"Borat" movie no-stop laughy. Is funny as your Donald Mouse cartoons, and goodest comedy of year. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, a scathing satire of a phobic USA, is delivered in outrageous comedic style. It ends up splitting its audience into two camps: those who are in on the film's joke, and those ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
To paraphrase the movie's title, Borat make benefit glorious for everyone -- provided you like your disturbing insights served up rude and crude. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Borat is a terrific, risky comic creation: a village idiot for the global village. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Sacha Baron Cohen is in deep trouble in the heart of Central Asia. The reason he isn't yet in trouble anywhere else is that the Kazakh people don't yet have an equal rights committee like the Poles currently do. However they do have an army, and if he ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Borat is gasp-for-breath, wipe-your-eyes, hurt-your-stomach, try-to-stop-laughing-so-you-don't-miss-the-next-funny-thing uproarious. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Conceptually brilliant and fearlessly executed, it rewrites the rules of screen comedy, presenting something never before seen on film: a gene-splice of Andy Kaufman's high-wire character humor and caught-on-the-street pranks from Punk'd . ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
Accompanied by portly assistant Azamat (Ken Davitian), who's sort of Sancho Panza to Borat's don Quixote, Borat ventures from backwards Kazakhstan to New York in search of "cultural learnings" to bring back to his people. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
...Sacha Baron Cohen clearly has the biggest comedic cojones in the industry today and his movie is brilliant. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
TotalFilm
Comedy: where one man's bellylaugh is another's tumbleweed. And this month, leaping thong-clad under the spotlight after the (arguably) rib-tickling thrills of Talladega Nights and Clerks II, comes the third terrific comedyof2006. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at TotalFilm
efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
For those who've never had the guilty pleasure of catching British comic Sacha Baron Cohen's cable series "Da Ali G Show," Borat Sagdiev is a Kazakh television journalist who has come to the States to learn about America. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
The film supposes that the Kazakhstan Ministry of Information has appointed Borat and his producer, Azamat Bagatov (Ken Davitian), for an assignment to travel to America in hopes of solving their country’s problems – "economic, social, and ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Borat [blends] the mockumentary form with...an extreme, fearless level of performance art, creating a glorious and profound new kind of comedy experience. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
In the maddeningly underrated 2002 feature film, "Ali G Indahouse," Cohen attempted to break one of his most famous characters out of the mock interview mold to create a world for him to interact with. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Truly smart comedy is hard to come by these days, but Cohen has delivered a simultaneously uproarious and thought-provoking experience. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
eFilmCritic.com ("the Grinch")
It's been many years since the comedic genius Andy Kaufman left this earthly plane. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com ("the Grinch")
The Cinema Source (Andrew Casertano)
So if you're one of the few who just don't know, let me tell you about Borat, a television news reporter for the country Kazakhstan, you know, the one next to those assholes in Uzbekistan. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Cinema Source (Andrew Casertano)
7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
[I am] so tired of people being offended by the littlest thing that a seemingly crazy man in a dirty, gray suit who says the most outrageous things is a welcomed relief. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
Supercala.com (John Venable)
The film might as well be entitled Retarded America , but lumping these idiots in with our mentally challenged population would be an insult. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)
The jokes hit hard and almost too often making your own laughter serve as earplugs for half of the film. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)
Entertainment Weekly
Baron Cohen, a fastidious artist, takes care to maintain his put-on right down to the DVD's design elements. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Empire Magazine [UK]
Kazakhstani TV presenter Borat Sagdiyev is commissioned to travel to New York to learn about American culture. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
Shockingly crude, brazenly off-color and wholeheartedly ingenious, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" gleefully bulldozes its way through all barriers of political correctness for 82 marvelous minutes. A ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Some might take offense to some of the material found in Borat, as it's rife with jokes about nasty old Jewish stereotypes and the "inequality" of woman and the like. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
[Baron] Cohen melds the pranking of "Jackass," the punking of "Punk'd," the satire of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and the inventiveness of Mel Brooks to create an original brand of comedy that stands alone as a defiant manifesto for compulsive laughs. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
The most important thing to know about BORAT is that you will be appalled by what you see, and then you will be appalled by the way it makes you laugh. Uproariously. And with wild abandon. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
The Sydney Morning Herald
Borat doesn't disappoint. It's a comprehensive act of guerilla warfare. No one gets out unscathed - including Pamela Anderson, who becomes the object of Borat's romantic attentions. It seems that she was in on the joke. Even so, I suspect she may not ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald
Cinema Strikes Back (Charlie Prince)
Borat is one of the funniest movies to come out in a long time. It played at the recent Sitges Film Festival near Barcelona, Spain as the "surprise screening" and the audience clearly loved every second of it. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Cinema Strikes Back (Charlie Prince)
The Age
Everyone wants a piece of Borat. The sixth-most famous man in Kazakhstan may be an obnoxious idiot, not to mention an unrepentant anti-Semite, misogynist, sadist and pervert, but it only takes one look at those big brown eyes to understand how he's ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Age
zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
Firstly, I'd like to comment on the title of the movie. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Sacha Baron Cohen is a genius, and his new film is a comedic masterpiece. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
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 Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
A comedic masterpiece and possibly the funniest movie in years. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Borat is a comedy whose lengthy title is difficult to remember, and whose incendiary humor is impossible to forget. It is the most insanely funny movie of this, or any other, year. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
A fake documentary in which Sacha Baron Cohen travels across the "U, S and A," posing as a Kazakhstani reporter, "Borat" is gasp-for-breath, wipe-your-eyes, hurt-your-stomach, try-to-stop-laughing-so-you-don't-miss-the-next-funny-thing uproarious. In a ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Lawrence.com (Eric Melin)
The fact that this mercilessly funny film is based in reality makes a bigger statement about who we are as a country. How we react seeing it reflected back at us will be another experience entirely. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Lawrence.com (Eric Melin)
About.com (Rebecca Murray)
It's fearless and disgusting and hilarious - high five! ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Borat is a full-throttle comedy experience. You don't just laugh at it - you howl, often uncontrollably. I can't remember the last time a movie so completely made me go insane with laughter. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Cohen takes a fearless trip through America's midsection and its psyche. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Borat will make you laugh till it hurts, and you'll still beg for more. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
FirstShowing.net (Alex Billington)
This movie finally puts together endless amounts of comedy intertwined with a coherent and equally-enjoyable plot in the quest for Pamela Anderson. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at FirstShowing.net (Alex Billington)
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
At 82 minutes, Borat is one of the briefest and goofiest comedies around, with barbs to offend just about everyone, Gays, Jews, Christians, gypsies, bears, and sacred American institutions like country rodeos and the national anthem. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Las Vegas Review-Journal (Carol Cling)
Americans emerge as the target of Borat's most scathing observations. Chances are, however, you'll be too busy busting a gut to complain. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Las Vegas Review-Journal (Carol Cling)
DVD-Dweeb.Com (Oliver Korioth)
With a camera crew in tow and armed with a jar of gypsy tears "for protection," Kazakhstan's fourth most famous celebrity travels to the US and A to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the country, loveable Borat meets real people in real situations ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD-Dweeb.Com (Oliver Korioth)
homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) is a hilarious. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)
Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
The most amazing thing about Borat is that it completely blurs the line between film and reality. It is virtually impossible to tell during the movie what scenes are 'faked' and what scenes are real. And even when you can sort of see scenes are set-up, ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
The Cinema Source (Colin Edelman)
The path from television to the big screen is not an easy one. Charlie's Angels (2000), Dukes of Hazard (2005) and even Sacha Baron Cohen's first theatrical (although not in the US) spin off, Ali G Indahouse (2002) were all hit or miss. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Cinema Source (Colin Edelman)
Jam! Movies
Borat is British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's big-screen adaptation of the "Kazakhstani journalist" character he created for his Da Ali G Show. For the uninitiated, Borat is a loud, maladroit "foreigner" with a microphone and a boxy grey suit ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Jam! Movies
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Don't see Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan if you're easily offended by . . . never mind. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Tiscali, UK (--)
Sacha Baron Cohen looks set to have an even bigger success with his second film than he did with Ali G Indahouse. Borat (full title: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) is the year's funniest film. Most ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Tiscali, UK (--)
The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Sometime in early 2005, a mustachioed Kazakh journalist known as Borat Sagdiyev slipped into America with the intention of making a documentary for the alleged good of his Central Asian nation. Many months later, the funny bruised fruits of his labor, ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Commissioned by the Kazakh Ministry of Information to report back to his home country of Kazakhstan his documented findings as he tours the "U. S. and A.", Kazakhstani reporter Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) embarks on his mission, but the States can be ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
One of the meanest movies you'll ever see, which counts as pretty high praise for a comedy ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
It's not well made, nor does it tell an especially memorable story, nor is its humor always (as if this mattered) fair or grown-up, but it's nevertheless howlingly, painfully, gaspingly funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
In the words of the man himself, Borat is Big Success. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
The Dallas Morning News
Some visitors relish coming to America to take in the freedoms, the monuments, the history. Not Borat, the TV journalist from Kazakhstan played by Sacha Baron Cohen on HBO's Da Ali G Show who now stars in his own shamelessly funny movie. He starts in ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Dallas Morning News
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
The people Borat talks to become the symbolic heart of America -- a place where intolerance is worn, increasingly, with pride. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
cinemaobsession.com (Jeff Otto)
Borat is the funniest film of the year. The only ones not laughing are the ones the joke was on in the first place. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at cinemaobsession.com (Jeff Otto)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
I have seldom laughed as hard and as consistently as I did while watching the much-ballyhooed new comedy, Borat. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Maxim (Pete Hammond)
Thank you Kazakhstan for giving the world a pure comedic genius. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Maxim (Pete Hammond)
ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)
Borat makes it hip for the hipsters to mock prejudice. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)
Rotten Tomatoes (Tim Ryan)
The best comedians are remarkable for their ability to express things that most people wouldn't dare say. What separates Cohen is his ability to get these people to speak the words themselves, uncensored. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Rotten Tomatoes (Tim Ryan)
Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
A feverishly-imagined bastard child of so many streams of comedy, it becomes an utterly new experience, hilarious and shocking in equal measure. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Indeed, the man who invented Borat is a masterful improviser, brilliant comedian, courageous political satirist, and genuinely experimental film artist. Borat makes you laugh but Baron Cohen forces you to think. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Skiewed and Reviewed (Gareth J. Von Kallenbach)
Rude, Crude, and the funniest movie of the last five years. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Skiewed and Reviewed (Gareth J. Von Kallenbach)
Variety (Leslie Felperin)
Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Not since the halcyon days of Archie Bunker and "All in the Family" has so sharp a wit punctured so many balloons. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
The 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 The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Borat is an astonishingly entertaining picture, and it's a testament to Cohen's gifts that he can pull off a feat as extravagant and as fully realized as this one is. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
In between Borat's arrival in New York City and the end of his epic quest are some of the most fearless acts of transgressive comedy in years. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
It takes some exceptionally intelligent and witty people to make a dumb comedy this funny and perceptive: Borat may be offensive (to some), infantile, low-brow or even just a stunt, but you won't hate yourself in the morning for loving it. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
In an era of stale, formulaic comedies, this uproarious and ribald faux documentary is like a hit of pure oxygen. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
This year you are not going to find a more appalling, tasteless, grotesque, politically incorrect or slanderous film than "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." You probably won't laugh as hard all year ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Paraphrasing Kurt Vonnegut, there are few things more quintessentially American than embarrassment... Borat IS the quintessential movie comedy of our times -- whether you like it or not. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
"Borat" not only satirizes American narrow-mindedness but also American broad-mindedness, our eagerness to accept and welcome people from distant shores and enroll them in the American way of life. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) und sein Produzent machen sich auf in die USA um "Kulturelle Lernung von Amerika um Benefiz für glorreiche Nation von Kasachstan zu machen". Dazu werden verschiedene Interviews mit Perönlichkeiten aus Politik und ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Don't count out Borat to be above more straightforward practicality or participating in the most intestinal-dropping, gut-smashing bit of cough-inducing hilarity of male bonding ever committed to celluloid. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)
Okay. Okay. This movie has had a tonne of hype, a slew of positive review, a trainload of controversy, and is facing a few lawsuits, to boot. It's also making a massive amount of money at the box office (this writing comes during the movie's third week ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)
Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
You will certainly laugh a whole lot, but will you still respect yourself in the morning? Maybe. Maybe not. For me, it proved to be a risk well worth taking. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Somewhere in standup comedy heaven Andy Kaufman is smiling. Possibly even busting a gut. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Flat-out hilarious -- arguably the funniest American comedy since Airplane! ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)
very brash, funny stuff that would make Andy Kaufman quite proud. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)
Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
No film in the history of cinema has succeeded in being more 'outrageously funny'... ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
One of the funniest movies of 2006 and also one of the more controversial, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" (or, as it'll be known for the rest of this review, just "Borat") stars Sasha Baron Cohen ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
What makes Borat a riot isn't its socio-analytical acuteness, but rather Cohen's gift for establishing circumstances at once squirm-inducing uncomfortable, slapstick-stupid, and insanely inappropriate. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
November 10, 2006 -- Borat is probably the most notorious movie in the country right now, as well as the most popular film by far. It is funny, very funny, but it is more than just a silly comedy. Like a social science documentary, it also reveals the ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Amateur Movie Reviews
From viewing the film clips on TV, I had thought that the movie Borat, Cultural Whatnot, etc., etc. might be offensive and insipid. Then I heard Geraldo from balanced-on-the-right-wing FOX News, no less, say on the air that the movie is very funny and ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Amateur Movie Reviews
NPR's Fresh Air (David Edelstein)
The 35-year-old English comic Sacha Baron Cohen speaks fluent Hebrew and was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. But his best-known alter-egos are the white gangsta rapper Ali G., a flamboyant queen named Bruno, and the Kazakh journalist Borat; each ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at NPR's Fresh Air (David Edelstein)
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (Mark Palermo)
Cohen stages his gags with a fearlessness where viewer-discomfort is part of the thrill. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (Mark Palermo)
Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
Crude, confrontational and stunningly sick, it's a movie made in the fringe tradition of Pink Flamingos , featuring a performer who seems to be willing to do anything for the camera. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
Jagshamesh! You see Borat! It very funny movie! High Five! Sacha Baron Cohen first brought "Borat" to the small screen on his "Da Ali G Show," but now "Borat" is taking off in his very own movie. It begins in Kazakhstan where the sexist, ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
The art of provocation has a new grandmaster. Sacha Baron Cohen had already made an unforgettable mark in the annals of satirical impersonation with his wonderfully clueless rude-boy Ali G, a creature who now looks almost well-adjusted next to Baron ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
Comingsoon.net
Jagshemash! "Borat" is a riotous, highly offensive gem of a movie that is a fish our of water tale of a Kazakhi journalist's journey to America and his subsequent obsession with former "Baywatch" beauty Pam Anderson. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Comingsoon.net
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Batten down the hatches and hide the children because Borat is coming to town. That's Borat Sagdiyev, a sex-crazed, single-monikered, obscenity-spouting Kazakhstani reporter for a state-owned TV network who's crossing the U.S. of A. in search of the ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
Borat is an ingenious character--a prism through which the world's ignorance is able to shine--and his movie is very ridiculous, very politically incorrect and so, so funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
The more I considered Borat , the better and funnier it grew. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Plucky, uproarious and totally uncompromising. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Borat leaves no ethnicity, no religious or social order (well, maybe one or two) unmocked. Both the glorious U.S. and A. and the beautiful Kazakhstan get pilloried by Baron Cohen and his sublimely silly, unapologetically offensive shtick. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
"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 ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at "Steve Rhodes"
Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
Borat is based on Da Ali G Show, (shown in the U.S. on HBO, and available on DVD) in which comedian Sacha Baron Cohen played three characters - Ali G (a wannabe hipster/pimp), Borat (a naïve foreigner), and Bruno the gay fashion expert. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro)
Where to start with this one....hmmm. If you haven't turned on your TV recently, or just don't know enough about the comedian himself, chances are you've never heard of Borat. He's a middle-aged journalist from the country of Kazakhstan, has a thick ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
For the viewer with the appropriately inappropriate sense of humor, Borat -- despite being an undeniable novelty -- is also irresistible. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
I laughed a great deal, but I cringed almost as much -- and as a result, Borat and I may never be great friends. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
In Film Australia (Luke Buckmaster)
Racist, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic - these and plenty more are the indiscriminate discriminations of Kazakhstani TV reporter Borat, a man so chock full of prejudice, so irredeemably offensive, so cheerfully degrading you can't help but ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at In Film Australia (Luke Buckmaster)
<<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>>
Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
A much-anticipated, intermittently hilarious mockumentary. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
Boxoffice Magazine (Kevin Courrier)
Borat is an equal opportunity offender that doesn't insult your intelligence. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Kevin Courrier)
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
A joke is never funny when you have to explain it. Either you get why Borat is hilarious or you don't. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
In this semi-mockumentary, Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) is a television journalist from Kazakhstan who is sent to the United States of America to learn what makes it the "greatest country in the world" so that his home country can benefit from ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
With our help, Borat can move the United States above Kazakhstan on the U.N. laff meter. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Reel.com (Pam Grady)
[Cohen] combines the chameleon-like talent of Peter Sellers and the obsessive conviction of Andy Kaufman. What emerges is pure genius. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Reel.com (Pam Grady)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Every once in a while a comedian comes along who takes comedy to another place. Peter Sellars and Andy Kaufman immediately spring to mind. Both performers created unforgettable characters and had reputations for staying in their respective roles to the ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (--)
Borat Sagdiyev, the sixth-best-known TV newsman in Kazakhstan, looks like a cross between Frank Zappa and John Wilkes Booth. He has been dispatched to -- well, let's let him speak for himself, directly into the Eyeball Witness News ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (--)
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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 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 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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