Wholly unsuitable for children, yet propelled by a nagging puerility that will appeal only to those in the vortex of puberty, or to adults who have failed to progress beyond it.
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07/13/09
Bruno (2009)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:18
Rotten:18
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Crude and offensive, but with ample cultural insights and gut-busting laughs, Bruno is another outlandish and entertaining mockumentary from Sacha Baron Cohen.
Theatrical Release:Jul 10, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $59,992,760
Synopsis: After BORAT took over America in 2006, another Sacha Baron Cohen creation arrives on the big screen. In BRUNO, the gay Austrian model of the title brings his antics to the States.
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Reviews for Bruno
Top CriticThere are lots of moments in this movie that are genuinely funny.
07/13/09
Top CriticIt’s certainly not that there aren’t a few funny moments in the film. There are, but overwhelmingly, Bruno’s stunts are demeaning, they are insulting and they are really cruel.
07/13/09
Top CriticBaron Cohen's instincts for outrage are spot on. It's not insight we need at all right now, but a very sharp bonk on the head.
07/10/09
Top CriticIt's a thing , not a movie -- if, that is, you believe a movie should be more than an accumulation of prankish set-pieces flimsily strung over 80 skimpy minutes.
07/10/09
Top CriticMore gut-bustingly funny than anything else out there right now.
07/10/09
Top CriticOutrageous, unnerving, brave, topical, revealing, appalling and consistently hilarious, Brüno manages to be both cutting-edge cultural commentary and post-modern comic genius.
07/10/09
Top CriticA crude, cringe-worthy, and intermittently funny affair that triggers the gag reflex.
07/10/09
Top CriticFor all his idiocy, Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev was a more likable jester than Brüno, who is the sum of his nether parts. One is a naif in a strange land. One is a jerk no matter where he travels.
07/10/09
Top CriticCohen has come up with some marvelous satirical motifs; elsewhere, he's just showing how far he'll go to get a laugh.
07/10/09
Top CriticIt's an odd cop-out for so fiercely gifted a comedian.... This is not a man who is doomed to be Allen Funt, or for that matter, Ashton Kutcher. He doesn't need to rely on the easy titillations and voyeuristic pull of reality TV.
07/10/09
Top CriticThe bad outweighs the good and the cringes outnumber the laughs in Brüno, a disappointment from Sacha Baron Cohen, whose Borat was one of the funniest movies of the decade.
07/10/09
Top CriticWhen moments seem like setups with actors, they turn tame. But when things feel real -- as when Bruno conronts an Arkansas wrestling-match crowd -- they can get scary-real.
07/10/09
Top CriticI don't know how many more times Baron Cohen can go undercover, but it looks as if he'll never run out of bigotry, idiocy and hypocrisy to spoof.
07/10/09
Top CriticEven at 82 minutes, Brüno feels stretched-out with stitched-together filler.
07/10/09
Top CriticInevitably, this follow-up to Cohen's guerrilla mockumentary hit is a substantial letdown, lacking the novelty of its predecessor.
07/10/09
Top CriticSkeptics might not swallow it all, and thinner-skinned folks will surely be offended. But no one will deny that Baron Cohen is fearless in his pursuit of rowdy laughs.
07/10/09
Top CriticBrüno is no Borat.
07/10/09
Top CriticBrüno's greatest outrages here will still elicit howls and shrieks, as well they should. But our fabulous Austrian friend is no comedy revolutionary, only a cruel and silly stereotype in leopard-print underwear.
07/09/09
Top CriticIt’s an exercise in offensiveness, an exploration of over-the-topness and a gleeful working of both sides of the street. What brings Brüno down, though, is sinful behavior. Mr. Baron Cohen commits the cardinal sin of unfunniness.
07/09/09
Top CriticLatest News for Bruno
November 12, 2009:
RT on DVD: Wassup, Bruno
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July 13, 2009:
Bruno 'terrorist' threatens to sue Sacha Baron Cohen 
Ayman Abu Aita, the so-called 'terroist leader' interviewed by Sacha Baron Cohen in Bruno, claims he was duped by the star -- and is now threatening to sue the filmmakers. More...
July 12, 2009:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Brüno Struts To The Top Spot
Sacha Baron Cohen scored another number one hit with his latest shockfest comedy Brüno which opened atop the North American box office bumping two-time champ Transformers:... More...
July 09, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Bruno is Certified Fresh
This week at the movies, we've got Austrian audacity (Bruno, starring Sacha Baron Cohen) and graduation gratification (I Love You, Beth Cooper, starring Hayden Panettiere and... More...
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