Movie review - Borat

Hmmm, very rarely do I ever walk out of a movie thinking *omg, how on earth am I going to review this?!?!*. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is one movie that certainly takes the crown. So to make it easier, it has been suggested I write it in Borat-speak

Borat, reporter for Kazakhstan tv, take us to see people who live in Borat home village of Kuçzek and we see his hobbies table tennis, sunbathing and watch ladies make toilet. When Kazakhstan goverment tell Borat to to learn culture of greatest country in the world, U, S and A so can be used in Kazakhstan, Borat go to New York with producer Azamat Bagatov to make film. Here, we see Borat when he introduce in the traditional Kazakh way to ordinary american, learn how to make american joke, why american let woman who have brain like squirrel go to school, and after watching Baywatch, his trip to California to make Pamela Anderson his wife and take her vazhin.

(Ok, that was really hard so I'm reverting back to english.)

There's not much analysis I can give about the acting, plot, or script. The sight gags, absurdist humour, and gross-out factor is present from the beginning when Borat presents his home village, but everything is taken to another level in the US. All I can say is that it is truly admirable what Sacha Baron Cohen can and will do on camera - I can only say two words: Dallas, Texas. Baron Cohen's ability to stay in character is amazing! And it is also amazing what people will say and do in the guise of being polite (e.g. the Driving Instructor), when pushed to their limits (The Dinner Party), misguided 'kindness' (the Rodeo guy), or just because theyre stupid (the Fratboys). There are so many jaw-dropping, *omg, they did NOT say that !' moments...But that's not to say that the entire movie is ridiculing the US population. Although it is difficult to tell what scenes were staged and what are natural, there are several bits which show how small kindnesses can result in the most surprising things. Key moments are when Borat takes Luenell the prostitute on the town after the Dinner Party refuses to admit her, and when he approaches what appear to be menacing gathering of African-American teens on the street at night and they turn out to be quite funny.

Equal parts side-splittingly hilarious and unbelievably cringeworthy, Borat is good film. You see it. High five!
8/10