Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
October 25th, 2006
There’s no doubt in my mind that Sacha Baron Cohen’s outrageous comedy is going to be huge–he had a Wednesday afternoon crowd of New York’s finest critics howling for 90 minutes straight. The humor’s as broad and silly as anything Will Ferrell has done, but it feels much more dangerous and true. As Borat travels west across the country with his bear and his ice cream van, he doesn’t just reveal his own stupidity but also that of everybody he encounters. Frat boys, dinner parties in Southern mansions, Trump Tower, a Virginia rodeo, an antique shop, Pamela Anderson–nothing’s safe from Cohen’s sophisticated satire, disguised as backwater idiocy. It’s not often that we walk out of a comedy hurting with laughter and wanting to go back to see it again as soon as possible. There’s a lot more I want to tell you, but I’d just be spoiling the jokes. Very nice. Opens November 3rd.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Larry Charles, 2006. ****
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October 26th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Ed Douglas is the sole dissenter–until now, it had 100% at Rotten Tomatoes. In the meantime, Fox scaled back the opening from 2,000 to 800 screens because Borat is “soft in awareness.” Cinematical links to articles about Cohen’s interview practices.
October 26th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
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October 31st, 2006 at 7:14 pm
Here’s Hoberman’s conclusion:
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.
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:22 pm
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