Borat
Bulldog Reviews
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan
By: Michael Pickowicz
Rude, offensive, racist, and unspeakably gross. Could this possibly be the recipe for one of the funniest movies ever made? Borat is coming to the U, S and A and he’s willing to find out.
“Borat” is a fake documentary that stars Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen), a TV reporter from Kazakhstan, who is sent to America to make a video detailing the certain aspects of the American culture. While only planning on filming in New York, Borat falls for a certain television actress and decides to turn his video into cross country tour of the country. The only problem is that he brings his woman demeaning, face kissing, gypsy hating, Jew fearing views from his country along with him, horrifying unsuspecting Americans.
The movie “Borat” works so well on many different levels thanks to the films title character. What makes this movie different then other similar ideas such as Jackass or Punk’d is that Borat does not once break out of character. I never once got the feeling that Borat was just some actor trying to piss people off. Cohen pulls the character off so well, I even start to believe he’s real. Speaking more of Borat, what makes the film funny isn’t all the offensive things said by him, but the fact that the character is actually an innocent and nice man with an entirely different culture. The American people stare in shock at everything Borat says in the movie, but he just goes on like he did nothing wrong. All and all, the character is perfect.
To my shock, there was an actual plot to the movie that keeps the film fresh and interesting. During the cross country road trip to California, Borat gets to interact with a bunch of different American cultures. What makes this hilarious is that the reactions to Borat’s comments actually differ depending on where he goes. Some get pissed off, others fear him and some even agree with him. The film gives has a “What can he do next to top that?” feel to it that keeps everything unexpected. If I have one complaint of this movie, it’s the length. Maybe I never wanted Borat’s trip to end, but at 1 hour and 22 minutes, I felt that another 20 minutes of scenes could have been acceptable. I’m sure we can expect the DVD to fix that problem.
In my life, I’ve been to movies that have made me fall of the floor laughing. Never have I been to a movie where I was laughing the entire time. Looking back at the experience of watching “Borat”, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t laughing. Even as I write this review, my throat still hurts from all the laughing. People will say that this kind of entertainment brings our society down, but in reality, the movie is much smarter then it looks, exposing a lot about the American culture. All I can say now is that if you aren’t easily offended and are in the mood to laugh a lot, go see this movie now. Bring some friends too. Already saw it? See it again. I know I am because I’m sure I missed a lot of little jokes while laughing at the big ones. I give “Borat” 4 ½ Bulldogs out of 5. Niiiiice!
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan
By: Michael Pickowicz
Rude, offensive, racist, and unspeakably gross. Could this possibly be the recipe for one of the funniest movies ever made? Borat is coming to the U, S and A and he’s willing to find out.
“Borat” is a fake documentary that stars Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen), a TV reporter from Kazakhstan, who is sent to America to make a video detailing the certain aspects of the American culture. While only planning on filming in New York, Borat falls for a certain television actress and decides to turn his video into cross country tour of the country. The only problem is that he brings his woman demeaning, face kissing, gypsy hating, Jew fearing views from his country along with him, horrifying unsuspecting Americans.
The movie “Borat” works so well on many different levels thanks to the films title character. What makes this movie different then other similar ideas such as Jackass or Punk’d is that Borat does not once break out of character. I never once got the feeling that Borat was just some actor trying to piss people off. Cohen pulls the character off so well, I even start to believe he’s real. Speaking more of Borat, what makes the film funny isn’t all the offensive things said by him, but the fact that the character is actually an innocent and nice man with an entirely different culture. The American people stare in shock at everything Borat says in the movie, but he just goes on like he did nothing wrong. All and all, the character is perfect.
To my shock, there was an actual plot to the movie that keeps the film fresh and interesting. During the cross country road trip to California, Borat gets to interact with a bunch of different American cultures. What makes this hilarious is that the reactions to Borat’s comments actually differ depending on where he goes. Some get pissed off, others fear him and some even agree with him. The film gives has a “What can he do next to top that?” feel to it that keeps everything unexpected. If I have one complaint of this movie, it’s the length. Maybe I never wanted Borat’s trip to end, but at 1 hour and 22 minutes, I felt that another 20 minutes of scenes could have been acceptable. I’m sure we can expect the DVD to fix that problem.
In my life, I’ve been to movies that have made me fall of the floor laughing. Never have I been to a movie where I was laughing the entire time. Looking back at the experience of watching “Borat”, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t laughing. Even as I write this review, my throat still hurts from all the laughing. People will say that this kind of entertainment brings our society down, but in reality, the movie is much smarter then it looks, exposing a lot about the American culture. All I can say now is that if you aren’t easily offended and are in the mood to laugh a lot, go see this movie now. Bring some friends too. Already saw it? See it again. I know I am because I’m sure I missed a lot of little jokes while laughing at the big ones. I give “Borat” 4 ½ Bulldogs out of 5. Niiiiice!
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