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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
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Reviews Counted:209
Fresh:191
Rotten:18
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: 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?
Theatrical Release: Aug 4, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $128.4M
Synopsis: Journalist Borat Sagdiyev leaves his native Kazakhstan to travel to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real... [More]
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Jane Sanguinetti Luenell, Pat Haggerty
Director: Larry Charles
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REVIEWS FOR BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
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Frequently uproarious and occasionally side-splitting -- but it's very hit-or-miss, prone to stretches of unnecessary crudeness and flat one-liners.
Sep 19, 2009
Often functions hilariously as an exposé of squirming American tolerance shading into condescension toward the rest of the world
Aug 28, 2009
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.
Jul 10, 2009
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.
Apr 23, 2009
Borat's cultural learning is revealing, even if it doesn't adequately convey how it benefits glorious nation of Kazakhstan.
Jul 16, 2008
Borat is the funniest film imaginable right now.
May 18, 2008
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.
Mar 6, 2008
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.
Feb 28, 2008
The backlash just proves how deep a nerve the faux Kazakh journalist has hit.
Nov 1, 2007
Top CriticA 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.'
Jul 23, 2007
By the end, you're eager to wrap things up. Along the way, though, Borat is a helluva ride.
Jul 14, 2007
Like great theatre, Borat holds up a mirror to its obliviously intolerant audience ... that serves as a shocking, but entertaining wake-up call.
Jul 10, 2007
Borat may be marked as a clownish, regressive foreigner, but as often as not in America he seems right at home.
Jul 2, 2007
The genius of Borat is all in Sacha Baron Cohen's daring, edgy, unrestrained performance.
Mar 24, 2007
Not as good as the HBO show. Dumbed down by Larry Charles?
Mar 11, 2007
Uma comédia não apenas engraçadíssima (algo cada vez mais raro), mas também inteligente e repleta de observações importantes sobre a Sociedade norte-americana contemporânea.
Mar 8, 2007
... contrary to what the cynical profess, it is possible to cheat an honest man. It's certainly easier to fool the naive and the innocent than your average wised-up consumer of pop culture.
Mar 6, 2007
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