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Bruno (2009) Rank 1 Reviews
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Austin Chronicle
The film may have only the best of intentions, but it tries way too hard and ends up being shallow, superficial, and only sporadically funny. ...read the complete Bruno movie review at Austin Chronicle
PopMatters.com
The protagonist will be familiar to viewers of Da Ali G Show. ...read the complete Bruno movie review at PopMatters.com
Variety
There is also a pronounced nasty streak to the innumerable provocations staged by the title character that curdles the laughs and wears out the flamboyant Austrian fashionista's welcome within the picture's brief 82-minute running time. ...read the complete Bruno movie review at Variety
San Francisco Examiner
Many setups that seem as though they should work don't. In one scene, Bruno gets former presidential candidate Ron Paul in a hotel room and tries to seduce him. ...read the complete Bruno movie review at San Francisco Examiner
The Hollywood Reporter
We all knew Borat. Borat was a friend of ours. Bruno, you're no Borat. ...read the complete Bruno movie review at The Hollywood Reporter
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The Australian (David Stratton)
The film's one authentic moment has him stalking Harrison Ford, who tells him in no uncertain terms where to go; frankly, I was with Ford. ...read the complete Bruno movie review at The Australian (David Stratton)
Tri-City Herald
Put a triple exclamation point after the word "anything." That includes demonstrations of what some consider offensive sexual practices, or at the very least are practices that should be left behind closed doors. ...read the complete Bruno movie review at Tri-City Herald
PopMatters
As with all comedy, laughter is subjective, but at this point in the Borat/Bruno game, I'm out. I'm smarter than the people he mocks. I'm too sophisticated to view "found" humor as anything other than an accident. ...read the complete Bruno movie review at PopMatters
eFilmCritic
To be fair, there are a few instances in "Bruno" when I did laugh (the best being the aforementioned bit with Harrison Ford and another in which Bruno and Lutz have an especially outre encounter with a group of those jackasses carrying placards readi ...read the complete Bruno movie review at eFilmCritic
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by Fragner on July 14, 2009 Coopersburg, Pennsylvania
With Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen set out to expose the ugly side of the celebrity world- ripe with vanity, shallow behavior and multitudes of ironies.
In my opinion, this film loses some of the charm that we found in Borat- Bruno is more about ...
by DefyTime on July 17, 2009 Richardson, Texas
This movie goes beyond what he has done before. So funny and so wrong at the same time. If you are not easily offended see it. ...
by Tetramobile on July 17, 2009 New York, New York
I'm sure that I'm not in the majority, but I don't think it's all that great. I've seen enough of his work that now it just seems old. The fact is that Bruno was never his best character and what he wasn't all that featured ...
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