Borat Movie Review

Due to some brilliant marketing on Myspace, and other outlets, the release of Borat: Cultural Learning of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was heavily anticipated by many. Even people who had never heard of Sacha Baron Cohen (who plays Borat) or seen the Ali-G show (Cohen's hilarious HBO series) were eagerly awaiting the movie.

Borat was originally a character on The Ali G show. Unknowing American guests were introduced to Borat believing he was a reporter for Kazakh TV. Cohen magnified every possible stereotype the US has of foreigners, and uses them to create gut wrenchingly funny situations.

The movie is based on the same premise, but with a plot to tie it all together. Borat is commissioned by his TV station to do a documentary on the US in order to benefit the Kazakhstan people. He is originally only scheduled to work in New York, but begins a cross country journey when he falls in love with Pamela Anderson.

Cohen holds nothing back for the sake of comedy. Many groups were offended by some of the humor, but this movie is definitely not racist as he goes after every possible group. Cohen is especially hard on Jews, his own nationality, but the humor is so outrageous that anyone who takes it serious is obviously already looking for something to complain about. The main point of the movie is to point out how ignorant people are by exposing them in a very real and comical way.

This movie is, without a doubt, the funniest movie of all time. When I saw it in theaters there were points where you couldn't hear the movie because the crowd was laughing so hard. I have never seen a collective group of people laugh for more than 5 minutes straight, but it happened multiple times during Borat. Most expected critics to hate this it, but when the first Borat movie review came out it got glowing reviews.

This isn't just a potty mouth/shock comedy film. While the humor is often crude, it is always incredibly intelligent. Sacha Baron Cohen is the greatest comedy genius of our time, and he always leaves audiences in tears from laughing so hard. I was in love with The Ali G Show, and the Borat movie just added to his legacy. It will be interesting to see what comedy masterpiece Cohen is able to come up with next.