[Homophobia] deserves confrontation, but when done in the manner of the movie here, it is less enlightening than it is just plain squirmingly funny.
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11/24/09
Bruno (2009)
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Reviews Counted:208
Fresh:140
Rotten:68
Average Rating:6.2/10
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
Merely a collection of supposedly shocking jokes about homosexuality and gay sex.
11/19/09
You can watch Bruno purely as outrageousness or you can view it while pondering where the line is - or should be - between incisive social commentary and misanthropy.
11/18/09
The only thing Cohen can do is to throw the character's sexuality in people's faces, but there are several brilliant sequences of baiting and utilizing American gay panic that really hit the satirical button.
11/17/09
For all of its button-pushing, the end result is almost as superficial as its egocentric hero.
11/16/09
There are more consequences of his situations than there are laughs derived from them. Not everyone around here is a Howard Stern.
11/07/09
What "Bruno" may lack in setup innovation, character conviction or "Borat's" inherent sweetness, it makes up for by pushing things beyond points of comfort or, in some cases, personal safety. Successfully uproarious in slaying social stratification.
09/23/09
As outlandish as the central character is, he uncovers some biting truths that no comedy writer could invent any better.
08/31/09
In the end, Bruno simply isn't as funny as Borat. ... Mr. Baron Cohen is too often forcing the issue instead of letting the humor emerge organically.
08/30/09
Illustrates not the public's gullibility but a comic's waning sense of danger
08/25/09
Bruno has one crucial element Borat lacked, a satirical point of view.
08/21/09
Artificial e cruel quando deveria ser espontâneo e instigante, finalmente acaba cometendo um erro fatal para qualquer comédia: leva o espectador a sentir dó das "vítimas" de seu astro.
08/15/09
As with Borat, there are plenty of outrageous moments that will make you simultaneously laugh and squirm...
08/11/09
I don't know if there are any comedians working today as fully dedicated to a joke as Sacha Baron Cohen.
08/11/09
I thought it was hysterical. I'm just not sure I'll respect myself in the (metaphorical) morning.
07/31/09
Undeniably funny, but the targets are far too obvious.
07/30/09
Worth your time, but be prepared to be shocked and possibly disgusted in between the laughs -- or even during the laughs.
07/29/09
An expose of the sham values of celebrity worship and tinseltown ambition largely unaware that the producer/director/writer and lead actor exemplifies those very values to the hilt.
07/26/09
I don't think Cohen's targets are even being particularly homophobic, they'd just prefer if this crazed, half-naked circus freak would just put his penis away and stop invading their personal space
07/25/09
The movie is laced with edgy, eyebrow-singeing 'shock' moments, but Bruno himself belongs to a long tradition of English-mangling funny 'foreigners,' as portrayed by Peter Sellers, Sid Caesar, Danny Kaye and armies of radio and vaudeville comedians.
07/22/09
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