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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Rank 5 Reviews
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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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Townsend)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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]
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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")
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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))
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 (--)
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)
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)
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)
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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>>
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
"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"
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)
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)
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
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)
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 (--)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Sacha Baron Cohen is a master improviser. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
Cohen's genius lies in combining the chameleon-like virtuosity of Peter Sellers with the balls-out fearlessness of the Jackass crew. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Onion AV Club (Nathan Rabin)
The New Yorker (George Saunders)
The scene where the one-armed old man, many months later, weeps in his room at the memory of being tricked into wearing a sex toy on his arm. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The New Yorker (George Saunders)
NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)
Borat features British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as a fictional television journalist from Kazakhstan on a tour of the United States. The satire is biting and discomforting. But it's also funny and well-suited for our ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at NPR's Morning Edition (Kenneth Turan)
Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
My wife has always said that irony is what doesn't play outside New York, and "Borat" is probably the best example in ages of the truth of that insight. What are we to make, after all, of the moment when a tall, skinny man in an ill-fitting suit and a ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Borat Sagdiyev is the creation of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (Talladega Nights, Madagascar), one of many personas he developed over the years, appearing most often on his television program, "Da Ali G Show". The premise of the character, and of the ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
musicOMH (Shawn Fitzgerald)
The film, an unscripted mockumentary, opens in Kazakhstan, where Borat (Cohen, in a brilliant, Academy Award-worthy performance) introduces us to his village, its inhabitants and many of their traditions. Along with his producer, Azamat Bagatov (Ken ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at musicOMH (Shawn Fitzgerald)
Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Among the funniest movies I have ever seen has the mouthful title of "Borat: Cultural Learnings for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," which immediately set tongues wagging and sides splitting at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
DVD Verdict (Ryan Keefer)
The year 2006 could be characterized as one with many events in the pop culture scene, the most notable being the arrival of Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh alter ego Borat Sagdiyev on the motion-picture scene. The small production started, stopped, and ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Verdict (Ryan Keefer)
Kaplan vs. Kaplan (Jeanne Kaplan)
Most of this film is designed to entertain tall 6-year-olds, my darling husband included. He laughed himself silly and I wanted to cover my head so no one would see me. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Kaplan vs. Kaplan (Jeanne Kaplan)
ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
Earlier this year before the new comedy Borat was released, Jewish-American comedian Albert Brooks imagined himself an envoy for the State Department in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. Like in Woody Allen's early stage play Don't Drink the Water, ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
Plugged In
For those unfamiliar with British comic Sacha Baron Cohen and his sketch character, Borat Sagdiyev, the ridiculously titled Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan serves as an amped-up "best of" collage ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Plugged In
Film Journal International (Lewis Beale)
Anyone who doesn't know who clueless, anti-Semitic and sexist Borat Sagdiyev is by now has obviously been in a coma for the past two months or so. The occasionally inspired creation of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat seems to have been put on ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Film Journal International (Lewis Beale)
TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
If you laugh at vulgar jokes or things you'd be ashamed to admit to finding funny in front of your mom, as Borat might say, please to enjoy this movie. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
MTV (Kurt Loder)
Cohen's dauntless refusal to break character, even in the most uncomfortable situations, is amazing to behold. The picture is often gaspingly hilarious. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
There are a lot of blue state folks who are offended by Cohen's portrayal of Kazakhstan as a backwards country of idiots. Hopefully, Cohen will find a way to make fun of these fun-hating cretins in his next picture ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Nothing's safe from Cohen's sophisticated satire, disguised as backwater idiocy. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
The trailer makes Borat seem like a harmless farce, but the movie is among the most offensive ever made. And among the funniest. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
The brilliance of Borat is that its comedy is as pitiless as its social satire, and as brainy. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
With his corrosive brand of take-no-prisoners humor that scalds on contact, Cohen is the most intentionally provocative comedian since Lenny Bruce and early Richard Pryor, with a difference. For unlike those predecessors, there is a mean-spiritedness, an ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Cocaine Cowboys' pulpy entertainment value merely lures us into a grim, kaleidoscopic look at how one city was both destroyed and, ironically, eventually saved by some of the worst human beings to walk the Earth. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Sacha Baron Cohen's riotous comedy is guaranteed to offend almost everyone, but it's also genuinely hilarious from start to finish. Jagshemash! ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
DVD Talk (Francis Rizzo III)
My only complaint, a minor one at that, is the way the main plot wraps up. In an effort to not ruin it for those who haven't seen the film, Borat's quest comes to an end in a way that's not exactly satisfying, leaving everything hanging in a way. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Talk (Francis Rizzo III)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
A surprisingly successful (most of the time) elaboration on a fairly simple sketch idea -- one that is often subversive and generally very funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
MovieWeb (Evan "Mushy" Jacobs)
Bullz-Eye.com (--)
It's one thing to make a controversial film, but it's another when that very same film is publicly denounced by an entire country. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Bullz-Eye.com (--)
Future Movies UK (Raam Tarat)
It's exactly this type of puerile humour that has had Borat's detractor's wondering what the hell is so funny about this movie, and had people talking so much. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Future Movies UK (Raam Tarat)
King's Room (Paul Perkins)
In "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," Sacha Baron Cohen - star of HBO's hit comedy "Da Ali G Show," takes his outrageous Kazakhstani reporter character Borat to the big screen. In this hilariously ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
The movie "Borat" opens with Kazakhstan's 2nd most famous reporter introducing himself and his country to the audience. We learn about Borat, his family (including his sister - the #4 prostitute in all of Kazakhstan), his neighbors (including his ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
Unfortunately or not, I must digress from crankiness and address "Borat" in a way other than my usual sarcastic, semi-amusing schtick. This is because piling sarcasm upon sarcasm doesn't work very well, a lesson I learned all too painfully once ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
UpcomingDiscs.com (Ryan Erb)
Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Finally, a film based on a comedy sketch that hits 3 point homerun touchdown. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
efilmcritic.com (Todd LaPlace)
"Borat" is not, however, nearly as wonderful as everyone wants you to believe it is. It seems weird to call what I'm rating as a four star movie overrated, but that's precisely what it is. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at efilmcritic.com (Todd LaPlace)
efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
The advance word on the bizarre new comedy "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" is that it is not only the funniest movie to come along in years, it somehow transcends and expands the possibilities of ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
IGN Movies (Filip Vukcevic)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is one of the funniest and most extreme movies of the past several years. If you're a fan of comedies, you'll have a blast here. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at IGN Movies (Filip Vukcevic)
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is as fearless as mockumentaries get. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Is it brilliant? Certainly, especially where it comes to the almost unnervingly focused performance by Cohen. But is it palatable? Probably not for me, sorry to say. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Entertainment Insiders ("Wearysloth")
The concept is not a new one, Alistair Cooke was sending "Letters from America" back to England form 1947 and for the next 58 years. Georges Mikes and Bill Bryson have mined similar territory. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Entertainment Insiders ("Wearysloth")
Fulvue Drive-in
And some have sued. But no matter who you are, if you have seen the character Borat, met Borat, or even heard of Borat chances are you have already developed an opinion about him. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Fulvue Drive-in
Haro Online
One of the stranger films in recent memory is the long-winded Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, a hybrid of fiction and reality, where scenes and dialogue are improvised with real people who aren't in ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Haro Online
DVD Town (Erik Martinez)
Sascha Baron Cohen made a name for himself with "Da Ali G Show" and it´s irreverent brand of sociological humor. In all honesty, I was never a big fan, most of the bits I saw usually revolved around his Ali G or Bruno characters. I always managed to ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Town (Erik Martinez)
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Sacha Baron Cohen is a genius. A crazy genius, maybe, a man who takes dedication to his art to a level courting criminal prosecution and bodily harm, but a genius nevertheless. He has invented a whole new kind of movie with Borat: Cultural Learnings of ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson)
Dane Cook can milk laughs from thousands of fratty yahoos—but that’s only because the dangerous comedians have gone underground. Not literally, of course, but deep into themselves; Sacha Baron Cohen is the best of these stealth comics (along with ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson)
Kaplan vs. Kaplan (David Kaplan)
Cohen's comic genius is remarkable because most of what he does is improvisation. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Kaplan vs. Kaplan (David Kaplan)
FilmsInReview.com (Victoria Alexander)
Evil comedy, a new genre, has arrived. The bar has been raised and is flying over everyone's head. A fearless comedy. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at FilmsInReview.com (Victoria Alexander)
Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
We might be stuck in the quagmire in which we're stuck because the best intended were too deadened to affect any sort of meaningful change in time to matter. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Borat is a combination of mockumentary and Jackass -- Cohen gulls folks into thinking he's a real reporter so he can film spontaneous interactions with actual people. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
The cheerfully tasteless Borat is often screamingly funny and almost never dull, and that's more than I can say for just about every comedy to grace screens this year. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Daniel Neman)
A movie that trades on the discomfort of its subjects also trades on the discomfort of its viewers. It asks us to laugh not only at its main character, who is knowingly making a fool of himself, but also at the innocent victims who cross his path. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Richmond Times-Dispatch (Daniel Neman)
Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" arrives with the following disclaimer: "No reputations, public images or feelings were harmed in the filming of this ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
CBC.ca Arts (Guy Leshinski)
The quintessential experience for those on the rump end of the lottery that determines ticket distribution at the Toronto International Film Festival is lining up for rush tickets to sold-out movies. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CBC.ca Arts (Guy Leshinski)
Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
The outrageous comedy Borat holds a mirror up to the casual bigotry within American society. But it's a funhouse mirror, and a cracked one at that, making the film hilarious, fascinating and troubling all at once. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Comedia satÃrica protagonizada y producida por Sacha Baron Cohen, cómico bastante popular en los Estados Unidos por su personaje televisivo protagonista de “Da Ali G Showâ€. También ejerce de productor Jay Roach (“Los padres de ellaâ€). ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Rich Rosell)
Back in 2004 I reviewed the first season of Sacha Baron Cohen's Da Ali G Show series, and in my review I mentioned how I found his Borat character to be not much more than a "broken-English approach that seems like a shallow rip-off of the Ali G ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Rich Rosell)
Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
British-born comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is most familiar to American audiences as the obnoxious, openly gay French stock car driver who made Will Farrell's character in Talladega Nights a living nightmare. What most American moviegoers don't know is ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Borat will offend as many as it delights. It's practically a litmus test for thick-skinnedness. It's also one of the funniest movies ever made. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
"Tim Voon"
This mocumentary, shockumentary has been getting a lot of attention
since its release whether it is for a good reason or a bad one. I'm
sure this is exactly what Sacha Cohen was hoping for, a lot of media
frenzy surrounding lawsuits from the real ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at "Tim Voon"
Guess the Gross
There is a culture of cool rising around Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat. People everywhere seem to simply want to be in on the joke and explain to everyone how they are in on the joke while so many others aren't. Count me as someone who is not entirely in on ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Guess the Gross
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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>
kids-in-mind
Satiric mockumentary about Borat Sagdiyev, a character created by Sasha Baron Cohen for his TV program "Da Ali G Show." Cohen also stars as Borat, a fictional Kazakh journalist who travels to the U.S.A. in order to study the American people and culture. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at kids-in-mind
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Is Borat the funniest comedy of the year? Almost certainly -- but what's the competition? ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Borat at its best is pure satiric genius, the Swiftian kind that has you busting a gut with laughter even while checking your conscience for implicating flaws. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Slate (Dana Stevens)
At a Slate party this week, a colleague and I got into a discussion of what kind of movie Borat (Twentieth Century Fox) is. Is it a parody? If so, what would it be parodying—the horny Kazakh journalists who clog American airwaves with their dirty ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
Borat 's cultural learning is revealing, even if it doesn't adequately convey how it benefits glorious nation of Kazakhstan. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Borat is a faux documentary about a documentary being made about the US in the US by a visitor from abroad. The lead and title character, whom we meet in his tiny village in his beloved poverty-stricken Kazakhstan, is the "sixth-best-known TV ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Expect to laugh uproariously; expect to choke back horror and revulsion, often at yourself. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
a great litmus test for determining exactly how far a joke can go before you stop laughing. ...the movie isn't about promoting ignorance and intolerance but about exposing it through humor. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
Denver Post (Michael Booth)
I highly recommend Borat to anyone like myself with zero emotional I.Q., those with a thick skin for when former friends decide you're a moron by association, and the wise people who believe that Jackass was shafted for the 2002 Oscar. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Borat is often convulsively, savagely funny, but beneath the scatology and mockery rests a knowingness about the manner in which societal prejudices can be hidden, diverted and even encouraged. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Cohen and his gang are smart enough to know when to quit. Like a loud but amusing guest at a dinner party, Borat collects his coat and goes home just as his hosts are starting to fidget. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
All you think while you're watching is how could people be so amusingly stupid, and why can't I quit laughing at the sight of two naked men wrestling? ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
It's a fearless performance and yields some squirm-inducingly funny moments. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (--)
Prank humor is the cousin of playground ridicule, and you have to be a little sadistic to get a kick out of crank phone calls and hidden-camera ambushes. A friendly exception is "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch (--)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
This already controversial 'mockumentary' contains more laugh-out-loud moments than any film since last year's comedy hit The 40 Year Old Virgin. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Paul Doro)
Borat is easily the funniest movie of the year. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Paul Doro)
Cinefile: il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Il giornalista televisivo Borat Sagdiyev viene spedito negli Stati Uniti con il compito di realizzare un documentario sulla cultura della nazione più grande del mondo dopo il Kazakistan, in modo che il popolo kazako possa trarne insegnamento. In ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Cinefile: il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
It's a fearless performance and yields some squirm-inducingly funny moments. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Richmond.com (Mike Ward)
Reviewing Borat is kind of like doing an autopsy on a clown. Some scenes are borderline awkwardly unbearable, but then you look down and see the bright red nose or big floppy shoes (or in this case a yellow thong bathing suit). And you laugh. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Richmond.com (Mike Ward)
London Daily Mail (Chris Tookey)
Borat has been condemned as so offensive that it should be banned, and hailed as the funniest film ever. Actually, it's neither, but it B is brave and highly original. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at London Daily Mail (Chris Tookey)
In Review (Adam Suraf)
Even the title of this movie is funny - “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstanâ€. If you’re in on Sasha Baron Cohen’s joke, and I think it doesn’t take long to get what he’s doing with his ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at In Review (Adam Suraf)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
This side-splitting satire ranges from brilliant skewerings of American society to low humor that has to be seen to be believed. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
File "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" under guilty pleasures. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)
...a fall-on-your-face, pee-in-your-pants screaming riot of wild racism, leering sexism and all-around grotesque intolerance...and believe it or not, it's on the side of the angels. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)
Leonard Maltin's Picks
If you’ve seen Sacha Baron Cohen in his ubiquitous television appearances during the past two weeks to promote his movie, you already have some sense of his character, clueless Kazakhstani television reporter Borat Sagdiyev. But even the excerpts ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Leonard Maltin's Picks
WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Borat is funny, but it's not the Jesus Christ of comedies. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Steve Rhodes
Not since JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK has such an outrageous comedy provoked such a strong, positive response from audiences. (THE ARISTOCRATS was an equally out-there comedy, which I found pathetic, so taking risks can produce something unwatchable ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Steve Rhodes
Premiere Magazine (Jessica Letkemann)
Any movie that lists someone with the job of 'feces provider' in the credits is either going to be a disaster or one of the funniest, most outrageous films of the year. Borat is clearly the later. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Premiere Magazine (Jessica Letkemann)
The Nation (Richard Goldstein)
Myron Cohen he's not, but Sacha Baron Cohen is pretty much the hottest thing in sketch comedy now. One reason is the question his shtick poses: What are we laughing ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Nation (Richard Goldstein)
LYTRules.com (Luke Y. Thompson)
It has great moments, but the scripted aspect of the story, which has Borat travelling cross country to propose to Pamela Anderson, isn't its strongest suit ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at LYTRules.com (Luke Y. Thompson)
Los Angeles CityBeat (Andy Klein)
...one of the funniest films in years and surely the most laugh-provoking. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Los Angeles CityBeat (Andy Klein)
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
While this film will indeed insult almost everyone, it's also genuinely hilarious. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)
It's sexually explicit, slyly slanderous, taking satiric aim at the simplistic absurdity of superstition and bigotry - in all forms. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)
The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)
It is equipped, like an F-15 Eagle, to engage multiple targets at once. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Like Borat, Luenelle's a joke as well as a means to target others. But unlike Borat, she doesn't have her own movie. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Borat Sagdiyev (SACHA BARON COHEN) is a citizen of his native Kazakhstan who's proud of his local village and sister who's the fourth best prostitute there, but is enamored with all things American. Accordingly, he sets out to travel to the United States ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Much of Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy in Borat falls awkwardly between candid-camera style surprises—Cohen’s titular Kazakh character catching real people off-guard with his cheery lack of social graces and embrasure of manifold hatreds—and more ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
There are funnier ways to expose society's bigotry and corruption e.g. 'Thank You for Smoking.' 'Borat' has comic moments, but its repetitive idiocy is grating, its humor mean-spirited toward powerless people who are trusting and nice to him. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
DVD MovieGuide
Although Sacha Baron Cohen’s Ali G character never really took off in America, his Borat personality gave the actor his breakthrough effort. 2002’s big screen adventure Ali G Indahouse didn’t even hit US theaters; it went straight to video here. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD MovieGuide
San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
You can take it as offensive (and an argument could be made that much of it is), or you can go along for the ride. I recommend the latter. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
There are funnier ways to expose society's bigotry and corruption e.g. 'Thank You for Smoking.' 'Borat' has comic moments, but its repetitive idiocy is grating, its humor mean-spirited toward powerless people who are trusting and nice to him. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
It's consistently double-over-laughing hilarious, never an easy feat when you're extending a comedy sketch into a full-length film. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
Appreciating Great Trash (Chris Coleman)
In Borat (let’s just stick with the shortened title), Sacha Baron Cohen sets out on a perilous, half-staged / half-legit mission to unroot the misogynistic, racist, and militaristic underbelly of America, a modus operandi that feels tired right from ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Appreciating Great Trash (Chris Coleman)
Harvey S. Karten
Well, then, OK, let's assume that the people Cohen came into
contact with were oblivious, despite the presence of Anthony
Hardwick's and Luke Geissbuhler's lensing. Does Cohen
succeed in showing that cracks in America's reputation for
tolerance and ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Harvey S. Karten
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Hold the hyperbole...isn't a work of genius, just a cable comedy sketch with some sharply funny bits but overextended, needlessly crude and ultimately...smug. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
3 Black Chicks ("The Diva")
Borat Sagdiyev (Sasha Cohen) is a Kazakhstani TV reporter who has traveled to America and vows to learn and document the American Culture for , as the titles says, “…Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstanâ€. Accompamied by his trusty sidekick ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at 3 Black Chicks ("The Diva")
Time Out (--)
Sacha Baron Cohen is one of this country’s funniest performers, and the biggest pleasures of ‘Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan’ (to give it its marvellously unwieldy full title) lie in simply ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Time Out (--)
filmrezension.de (Thomas Hajduk)
Einer der lehrreichsten Filme über Politik ist nicht zufällig eine Satire. In Barry Levinsons "Wag the Dog" gerät ein US-Präsident nach kurzem Intermezzo mit einer minderjährigen Pfadfinderin in Erklärungsnöte. Um die 15 Leitartikel ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at filmrezension.de (Thomas Hajduk)
Tim Voon
This mocumentary, shockumentary has been getting a lot of attention since its release whether it is for a good reason or a bad one. I'm sure this is exactly what Sacha Cohen was hoping for, a lot of media frenzy surrounding lawsuits from the real ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Tim Voon
World Socialist Web Site
In Borat, the mock documentary that opened in a number of countries this month, British comic Sacha Baron Cohen portrays fictional Kazakh television reporter Borat Sagdiyev on a cross-country American tour. An anti-Semite, sexist and homophobe, Borat ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at World Socialist Web Site
Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
A relentless comedy extravaganza. He milks existing situations for the maximum comedy potential and creates comedy where there would otherwise be none... He's like Yakov Smirnoff on crack. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
Cutting Edge (--)
“This is my sister Natalya. She number four prostitute of whole Kazachstan!†Via die binnenkomer maken we kennis met Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen). Borat maakt zijn entree op het grote scherm na eerst meermaals, tot grote Kazachse schaamte, in ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Cutting Edge (--)
Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
... this weapon of mass dysfunction leaves a lot of good, innocent jokes with no place to go. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
What is the best way to offend or stir up millions of people all at one time? The answer is to make a movie. Michael Moore did it with “Fahrenheit 9/11,†Mel Gibson did it with “The Passion of the Christ,†Ron Howard and company did it with ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Internationally known as the creator and star of HBO's "Da Ali G Show," Baron Cohen brings his loopy character Borat Sagdiyev, the Kazakhstani journalist, to the big screen in the impossibly titled "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Doesn't live up to the praise that has been heaped upon it, but it's amusing enough. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Voir.ca
Vous rappelez-vous Mahir? En 1999, ce pauvre Turc avait été victime d'une blague d'un ami qui avait publié des photos de lui sur un site Internet. Contre toute attente, l'Amérique s'était éprise de cette star instantanée, qui fut même ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Voir.ca
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Comingsoon.net
Ever since "Borat" was released, it has received a lot of hype. From glowing reviews to protests to winning awards, you'd have to be living in Kazakhstan to not have heard about the movie. So does it live up to the hype? In some ways yes, in some ways no. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Comingsoon.net
Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)
Who knows what the citizens of the Central Asian country Uzbekistan did to incur the wrath of a fictional Politburo? And no one, other than Sacha Baron Cohen, can fully understand why the Kazakh get the same treatment, only worse, at the hands of the man ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)
ComingSoon.net (--)
It's a sad state of our own nation that people still find sexist and racist humor so funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ComingSoon.net (--)
The New Zealand Herald
But all that exposure also brought on the feeling that I already knew how the Borat joke ended before the lights went down. Turns out though that there's far more to the film than the gags in the trailer. It's a sustained piece of comedic brilliance ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The New Zealand Herald
KSL Radio (Doug & Steve)
The movie film is a government assigned project to broaden and enlight people and glory of nation. Cultural learning is emportant to follow on global basis. We make our nation a better and more convenient place for house and living. Kazakhs are ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at KSL Radio (Doug & Steve)
BBC Films
Everyone but the Kazaks loved Borat's big screen outing. Putting on a fake 'tache, a cheap suit and silly accent, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen managed to dupe average Americans into acting like, well, average Americans. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at BBC Films
Exclaim! (--)
The first time Sacha Baron Cohen, the brains behind HBO’s Da Ali G Show, agreed to do a feature length spin-off of one of his characters, it was straight up embarrassing (see 2002’s Ali G Indahouse). All the show’s best qualities were scrapped in ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Exclaim! (--)
Film e Dvd
Tra la commedia slapstick più tradizionale, e quella più sfrontata e "politica", con alcune situazioni che simulano la candid camera, e altre più classiche, il campione d'incasso ai botteghini in Usa "Borat", mockumentary diretto da Larry Charles con ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Film e Dvd
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Sacha Baron Cohen has made one funny film. It is a political satire and his target is us. It is both high and low culture and filled with many slap stick scenes. It goes way over the line on taste and visually it is often cringe-worthy. Did I mention it ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
Again, given all that I'd heard about the film, I expected it to be funnier. Granted, I did laugh a few times, but I found most of the scenes to be more cringe-worthy than funny. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
BBC (Paul Arendt)
Borat famous journalist is from East, where sister is number four prostitute in whole Kazakhstan. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at BBC (Paul Arendt)
DVD Clinic ("Sturdy")
If you've never seen Da Ali G show, then I think you'll get a lot more out of this movie than those that were fans of the show. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at DVD Clinic ("Sturdy")
JackassCritics.com (Tom Blain)
Of course the fiction sort of ends there. There is a fictional side to the movie, then there is the real side. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at JackassCritics.com (Tom Blain)
eFilmCritic.com (Matt Seaver)
The thing is, a good portion of this film is still pretty damn funny. The positive that will come from Borat is that Sacha Baron Cohen will be elevated to the level of bankable star. Which means, hopefully, that after the movie based on his Bruno ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Matt Seaver)
The Nation (Stuart Klawans)
The public has now chosen between these traditions, as it does from time to time; and for this round it has decided the question by an epoch-defining majority. In one weekend, Borat grossed a reported $26.4 million: as much as Flags of Our Fathers took ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Nation (Stuart Klawans)
CBC.ca Arts (Katrina Onstad)
If you must see the sort-of-documentary Borat - and you must -wear a turtleneck, maybe even a cowl neck. At the very least, have a scarf on hand, as it will help to have somewhere soft to bury your face and hide from the horror. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CBC.ca Arts (Katrina Onstad)
CNN.com (Paul Clinton (CNN.com))
If you don't get HBO and remain oblivious to the YouTube viral marketing campaign, you need to know that Borat Sagdiyev is a roving reporter, the sixth most famous personality in his native Kazakhstan. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at CNN.com (Paul Clinton (CNN.com))
RogerEbert.com (Jim Emerson)
Borat, and Borat , will be funny for at least as long as anybody remembers there were, and are, bigots anywhere in this world. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at RogerEbert.com (Jim Emerson)
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
A cinematic stunt that works occasionally, but not often enough. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
Slate (Ron Rosenbaum)
But then there's the heavy-handed, frat-boy, butt-head Borat, the dumbed-down buffoon Borat of Borat the movie. The Jackass Borat. Let's call him Borat Two. Yes, I laughed, you'll laugh, it's stupid-funny. Hey, I don't have anything against ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Slate (Ron Rosenbaum)
Flak Magazine (David Essex)
The true subject, subtext and M.O. of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is as old as civilization itself: barabarism. It may be that the binary structures of cognition and identity make barbarism ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Flak Magazine (David Essex)
tonymedley.com (Tony Medley)
Another anti-intellectual attempt at comedy with jokes that concentrate on male nudity, stupid ingenuity, gay sex, and excrement. Unfortunately, irreverence does not always equate to quality humor. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at tonymedley.com (Tony Medley)
Guardian (UK) (Peter Bradshaw)
Why does everyone love Borat? He only has to show up and he's all over the newspapers. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Guardian (UK) (Peter Bradshaw)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
It's offensively funny in places but it can't sustain itself for a feature length running time and it's not nearly as clever or as fun as it should be. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
The Observer (Philip French)
Borat, as anyone who hasn't spent the past month in a Big Brother-type house knows, is a spasmodically funny follow-up to the dismal Ali G Indahouse, with Sacha Baron Cohen pretending to be the eponymous misogynistic, anti-semitic, pidgin ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Observer (Philip French)
New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Except for a screamingly funny climax in which he attempts to kidnap Pamela Anderson (who reportedly wasn't in on the joke), I found the Borat feature (directed by Larry Charles, who does similar duties on "Curb Your Enthusiasm") depressing; and the ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
PopMatters
Borrowing from Andy Kaufman, John Waters, and Steve-O, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan delights in irreverence and abuse. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at PopMatters
hoopla.nu
From how Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has otherwise been received, one could be forgiven for thinking that Sacha Baron Cohen is the comic messiah. The plaudits have generally made reference to his ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at hoopla.nu
Political Film Society
In 1831, twenty-five year old aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville toured American and wrote up his memorable impressions, thereby ushering in a genre of on-the-road literature about the United States that has often been brought to the screen, most recently ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Political Film Society
Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Borat may be dangerous to abdominal health; there must be a limit to how many convulsions a belly can take without trauma. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
It's sad that anyone can claim brilliance to this unoriginal one-joke character. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe)
Back when Scream was a big deal--when Scream 3 was a big deal, actually--the ads for Bats started coming out. Bats spelled backwards is Stab, the Scream movie-in-movie... and it was from some unknown company with a suspiciously comic cast. I thought ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at The Stop Button (Andrew Wickliffe)
Cinema Blend
By now, everyone knows Borat. He's the offensively lovable Kazakstanian reporter whose cultural ignorance knows no bounds. Birthed from the comedic depths of Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat interviews Americans in hopes of learning more about the culture. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Cinema Blend
Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)
As clever as he is crude, Cohen alchemizes bad-taste comedy into Strangelovean satire. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (--)
Sasha Baron Cohen creates funny and quirky characters, from Jean Girard, Ricky Bobby's slithery nemesis in "Talladega Nights," to Julien, the lemur king who liked to move it, move it that Cohen voiced for ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (--)
Mark R. Leeper
The film BORAT!: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, henceforth just to be called BORAT, apparently got a very positive reception at the Toronto International Film Festival. It rates an impressive 8.5 rating out ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Mark R. Leeper
"Mark R. Leeper"
The film BORAT!: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT
GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, henceforth just to be called
BORAT, apparently got a very positive reception at the Toronto
International Film Festival. It rates an impressive 8.5 ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at "Mark R. Leeper"
Although the decade of 2000 is not quite at a close yet, let me be one
of the few to say that "Borat" may end up as the definitive film on
racism and sexism in the 2000 decade. My alter-ego vehemently
disagrees. The following interview took place ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at
Preview Family Movie Review
Earlier this year, comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen scored as the highlight of Will Ferrell's Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and here he also reveals a penchant for absurdist humor. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Preview Family Movie Review
eFilmCritic.com (Doug Bentin)
No, my reaction has nothing to do with the tastelessness of the gags—and never was that word more appropriate. Tasteless humor the film has in abundance. "Borat" makes "Freddy Got Fingered" look like a drawing room comedy by Somerset Maugham. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Doug Bentin)
Hollywood Bitchslap (David Cornelius)
Cohen's mix of ineptitude and laziness propels this to become one of the worst comedies in recent memory. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at Hollywood Bitchslap (David Cornelius)
eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
So no, I was not at all looking forward to seeing Cohen's heavily praised mockumentary with the ain't-it-heeelarious title "Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," despite claims by many of my fellow ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
rec.arts.movies.reviews (Mark R. Leeper)
Dreadful hardly seems to cover this film. BORAT is a barrage of is one stupid vulgarity after another. ...read the complete Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (Mark R. Leeper)
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by darin on February 06, 2009 North Salt Lake, Utah
If your looking for great humor and some lines to quote from a movie, this is one to watch. You will be saying lines from this movie for a while. Amaze your friends with lines from this movie. You will not be let down, I am sure they would know the lines ...
by cory on February 23, 2009 Ogden, Utah
This silly yet ingenious comedy is one of the funniest movies ever made.
Part of what makes Borat so funny is that Sacha Baron Cohen dupes his victims into thinking his interviews and situations are real. He then plays with their minds to embarrass ...
by jace on January 23, 2009 Ogden, Utah
This was a movie that would make you laugh because it is so crazy and weird. it was sometimes hard to understand him but it was funny i laughed cause it was nothing like i have seen before. it is a movie that if i was to watch it again i would make sure ...
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