Review - BoratMovie

Borat : Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

I thought i had seen it all, when along came something so shocking that i literally had to avert my gaze from the screen in order to preserve my mind.

This is not just a movie, or an out-of-the-box comedy, but the tale of a ficticious charecter called Borat Sagdiyev, played to the hilt by the british comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Borat is a silly, simple, and very sweet fellow, who also happens to be an extremely perverted individual, with an interest in incest, homosexuality, antisemitism and anti-gipsy-ism. In his professional capacity as a journalist, he goes to the USA to report on the american way of life.

made almost entirely on-the spot and extempore, Baron Cohen shines with his ability to stay in charecter, even when his life is in peril, such as when he riles a red-neck rodeo audience. Borat does other things like defaecating on the street, harassing men by trying to kiss them and generally propositioning every woman he meets. Often extracting the worst out of his unwitting victims, the movie is not so much about borat, but about what really lies beneath all that americana. Baron Cohen is able to make most people what they really want to say about anything, including how they feel about jews, gays and women in general.

At times, the movie is extremely funny, by most standards, and at times, it is disgusting. at times, you have to question the comedy as well. but in all, it is one hell of a movie...go watch it.