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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Rank 4 Reviews

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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Frank's Reel ReviewsFrank'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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVDTalk.com (Brian Orndorf)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Blackfilm.comBlackfilm.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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for E! Online (Dezhda Mountz)E! Online (Dezhda Mountz)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FirstShowing.net (Josh Green)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Kaya Savas)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Timothy M. Bruderek)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Nitrate Online (Dan Lybarger)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chris JarmickChris 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for stylusmagazine.com (Jeff Weiss)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FilmJudgeFilmJudge
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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Eric D. Snider)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Empire (Dan Jolin)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Slate (Dana Stevens)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (David Kempler)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for London Daily Mirror (David Edwards)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))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))
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TotalFilm 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com ("the Grinch")eFilmCritic.com ("the Grinch")
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Andrew Casertano)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Supercala.com (John Venable)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]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]
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Sydney Morning Herald 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Strikes Back (Charlie Prince)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The AgeThe 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Lawrence.com (Eric Melin)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.80 out of 4 stars for FirstShowing.net (Alex Billington)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Review-Journal (Carol Cling)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for DVD-Dweeb.Com (Oliver Korioth)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Colin Edelman)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Jam! MoviesJam! 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Tiscali, UK (--)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 (--)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Oregonian (Shawn Levy)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Dallas Morning NewsThe 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.64 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for cinemaobsession.com (Jeff Otto)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Rotten Tomatoes (Tim Ryan)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (J. Hoberman)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.56 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Gene Seymour)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmfacts (Andreas Edler)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Amateur Movie Reviews 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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for NPR's Fresh Air (David Edelstein)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (Mark Palermo)Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (Mark Palermo)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Independent (Anthony Quinn)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.netComingsoon.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
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Matt Pais)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for "Steve Rhodes""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"
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for In Film Australia (Luke Buckmaster)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for <<dnb@dca.net>> <<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>>
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Kevin Courrier)Boxoffice Magazine (Kevin Courrier)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.com (Pam Grady)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)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)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (--)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 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 ...
by tiffany on January 27, 2009 Ogden, Utah
Not even worth the time it takes to watch it. I'm all about the silly comedies, but this crosses a line of just stupid and ...

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