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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

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Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 210
Fresh: 192 | Rotten: 18

Jagshemash! Borat gets high-fives almost all-around for being offensive in the funniest possible way. Part satire, part shockumentary, Borat stars Sacha Baron Cohen as the gleefully sexist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic title character on a cross-country trek to learn more about our strange nation; along the way he dredges up the seamy underbelly of American prejudice and ignorance. Now the cat is out of the bag, what will Cohen do for an encore?

Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 1

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Master of disguise Sacha Baron Cohen hits the road to explore America as the crude Kazakstani reporter Borat in a feature mockumentary that brings one of the Da Ali G Show star's most popular characters to life on the big screen. Sent by the Kazakh Ministry of Information to gain a better understanding of American culture and bring his findings back home, Borat and faithful producer Azamat (Ken Davitian) set their sights in New York City. When the citizens and interview subjects of the Big Apple

R, 1 hr. 22 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Larry Charles

In Theaters: Aug 4, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Mar 6, 2007

Box Office:$128.4M

20th Century Fox

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

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The backlash just proves how deep a nerve the faux Kazakh journalist has hit.

November 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Newsweek

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David Ansen

Newsweek

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The theory of comedy here is that you can get away with almost anything if you manage to make your target audience feel superior to the human beings being mocked on the screen.

November 15, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

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I did find this to be one of the more inventive, aggressively offensive and insanely tasteless comedies in many a year. And yeah, that's a thumbs-up.

November 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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Borat is so gut-bustingly funny it should carry a health warning.

November 4, 2006 Full Review Source: CNN.com

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Tom Charity

CNN.com

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In an era of stale, formulaic comedies, this uproarious and ribald faux documentary is like a hit of pure oxygen.

November 3, 2006 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

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Somewhere in standup comedy heaven Andy Kaufman is smiling. Possibly even busting a gut.

November 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

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Borat... is a not only a very good comedy but is also an interesting sociological experiment as to how numerous individuals in the USA would respond to a man such as Borat, and often the reactions are interesting and vastly entertaining.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews

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Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

Frequently uproarious and occasionally side-splitting -- but it's very hit-or-miss, prone to stretches of unnecessary crudeness and flat one-liners.

September 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Film and Felt

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Gabe Leibowitz

Film and Felt

Often functions hilariously as an expos� of squirming American tolerance shading into condescension toward the rest of the world

August 28, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Borat is the rare comedy that operates without a safety net. Cohen and director Larry Charles' film provides constant laughter and surprises while daring the viewer to be rightfully offended.

July 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

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Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Although I knew it was dishonest, cynical, and the ultimate in cheap-shot humor, I laughed more at Borat than at any other film this year. So I guess the joke is on me.

April 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Peter Keough

Boston Phoenix

Borat's cultural learning is revealing, even if it doesn't adequately convey how it benefits glorious nation of Kazakhstan.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: House Next Door

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Ed Gonzalez

House Next Door

Brace yourself -- Borat is here. Not for kids.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

Borat is the funniest film imaginable right now.

May 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Matthew De Abaitua

Film4

The most impressive ingredient is Cohen, whose inflection and timing are dead-on as he negotiates a vague accent, a native language composed of gibberish and a sprinkling of Polish, and a way of making tired American jokes funny again.

March 6, 2008 Comments (4)

Tricia Olszewski

Washington City Paper

America, you got punk'd and the result is horrifying. Borat paints a picture of the American landscape that would induce nightmares were you not laughing so hard.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com

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Brandon Fibbs

BrandonFibbs.com

A rude punk-rock snapshot of an America that quails at two men kissing but cheers the notion of George W. Bush drinking the blood of 'every man, woman and child in Iraq.'

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

By the end, you're eager to wrap things up. Along the way, though, Borat is a helluva ride.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

I must offer high kudos to Fox for creating such a humorous DVD package to go along with this film.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review

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Felix Gonzalez Jr.

DVD Review

Like great theatre, Borat holds up a mirror to its obliviously intolerant audience ... that serves as a shocking, but entertaining wake-up call.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review

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Felix Gonzalez Jr.

DVD Review

Borat may be marked as a clownish, regressive foreigner, but as often as not in America he seems right at home.

July 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

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A brilliant, outrageously funny film, which at points makes it the most successful, most racist yet hilarious documentary of both it's year and of all time.

October 29, 2011

Scott Green

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Hilarious film. It pushes all types of boundaries and holds nothing back. Although it's branded as pure improv, there are moments where the film seems scripted; that's the only problem I have with this movie.

October 6, 2011

Eric Alvarez

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1. Borat Sagdiyev: This is Nathalia. [makes out] She's my sister.
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