Wonderful Movie

Fresh and Exciting

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

I'd highly recommend this movie. Its well-made and hilarious. This movie is crude and insightful. Its hard to watch this movie without laughing. I love everything about this movie. Its fantastic.

A satirical journey through America. One of the funniest movies I have ever seen in my life. On occasion when some of the scenes appear in my mind, I laugh out loud. A must see for comedy fans.

What can sort of be described as live-action South Park, we have a freely offensive and comedic mockumentary (look it up; Borat is the first photo you get) with a wonderfully stereotyped depiction of American and especially Kazakhstani culture. This is one of those production-inside-a-film movies (e.g. Synecdoche, New York, The Disaster Artist, Birdman, etc.) where Borat - a wacky and uncensored reporter - is sent to the US to bring back knowledge that can be used to improve Kazakhstan, which you can tell from the full title. It maintains its documentary feel, despite being an overall joke, while 'reporting' (making fun of) on any aspects of America that Borat stumbles upon, from feminism to the South to the most devout Christians one can find in the country. The biggest aspect of this is the humour, of course. They held nothing back while writing this and coming up with ideas, which is kind of evident from the amount of stuff under 'Controversies' in its Wikipedia article. They go after (along with those mentioned above) Jewish people, Southerners (he screws with their sense of tradition and conservatism), feminists (those who think women and men should be equal, an idea which Borat mocks with comparisons to Kazakhstan), rednecks/hillbillies (showing how they give in to nationalism), and more. The humour is a mix of subtle (less people will understand it), obvious and ridiculous (you laugh due to his randomness and stupidity). I didn't get offended by any of the jokes; I just sat back and enjoyed the ride. The character itself is expertly created, but doesn't seem that hard to perform (i.e. you don't see layers to him or every aspect of his psyche), mainly because that's not being examined here. His friend, Azamat, is also well done, incorporating the stereotypes and worst parts of Kazakh culture (unnecessary drama, over-the-top reactions, constant blaming and complaining, etc.). My main criticism is the fight scene between Borat and Azamat, which is just...horrific and maybe the only place where they went too far. I was going to give this movie a lower rating, but it had the balls to venture into timely and debatable topics, which ultimately paid off (not without consequences, though), and I respect Sacha Baron Cohen and everyone else for that.

​Plot Overview: In order to get a grasp of American life, Kazakhstan sends over kazakstinian reporter Borat(Sacha Baron Cohen) to America but things soon begin to spiral out of control when Borat takes a fancy to Pamela AndersonDirected by Larry CharlesStarring Sacha Baron Cohen and Ken Davitan# NO SPOILERS!Overall: I honestly don't understand the appeal for this movie. People say its good because he's interacting with real people and filming genuine reactions. Cool concept but it makes it hard to enjoy when it SEEMS that its all setup. I'm not saying it is but during my experience of the movie I just constantly felt like it was set up and running off a complete script with little to no improv. That being said, even If I convince myself that it was completely genuine, I just don't find anything here that funny. Some scenes were enjoyable and good satire but the majority of it was stupid and just bland for me. The acting was fine and I imagine some people would like it but I can definitely see that it's not for me.The types of people who will like this movie will be fans of the improvisation style of comedy and those who can buy Sacha's character.Wouldn't Recommend.# POSSIBLE SPOILERS!Sacha Baron Cohen was good as Borat and I can definitely believe his character but maybe not his actions. Kevin Davitan was alright as Azamat.The premise was solid but the execution was pretty flawed for me. The story was really weak and didn't make sense.The cinematography was pretty weak and it was hard to see what was going on.Borat's costumes were alright and I can see the stereotypical odd foreign person concept they were going for which was clever.I rarely laughed in this movie and, while I can assume they were genuine, the 'pranking the unsuspecting public' idea didn't feel genuine.Personally, I really didn't enjoy this movie and was thoroughly bored throughout.4/10