It's hilarious, seems like people either love it or hate it. Ridiculous and cringe- inducing at times but keeps my attention as I can't help but admire the gut's that went into creating it. I'm half gay and am not offended by this movie but then again like Cohen I'm also British and used to this type of humor.
... View MoreThis addition to the Sacha Cohen catalog is pretty decent. Its not Borat, but better than the Dictator or Brothers Grimsby. I actually worked at the Village Inn (where he buys the pie)depicted in the movie. It is in Bentonville Arkansas right off of I-49. I also worked with the lady that serves him the pie. Her name is Dee. It was crazy to see her/it in such a huge world-wide movie. Unfortunately, Sacha and Larry Charles could not remember where the scene was filmed when making the commentary. Bentonville is actually the home of Walmart and the home office is just a couple miles from that restaurant. The cage fight was filmed in a town about an hour south on the same highway. Fortunately Bentonville has a more diverse and cosmopolitan population than the types of people you see at the cage fight.
... View MoreSacha Baron Cohen, who shocked the world with his outrageous 2006 mockumentary Borat, exposes even more intolerance, small-mindedness, bigotry and sheer stupidity via another of his outrageous alter egos, flamboyant gay Austrian fashionista Brüno, who travels to the US to find fame and fortune, accompanied by his devoted ex-assistant's assistant, Lutz (Gustaf Hammarsten).Like Borat, Brüno consists of a series of interviews with luminaries of the political, sporting and entertainment world, each designed to catch its subject off guard; these are linked by scripted interludes to help drive the movie's narrative. If Cohen is to believed, none of the interviews or encounters with real people were staged, which makes for some toe-curlingly uncomfortable yet extremely funny viewing.Brüno tries to seduce an ex-presidential candidate, riles a group of hunters with his talk of hot guys, sings a song of peace to help Israeli and Palestinian relations, upsets a group of swingers, taunts a middle-east terrorist, performs fellatio on the spirit of Milli (from Milli Vanilli) in front of a bemused medium, and gets fruity with Lutz in front of a baying, homophobic UFC crowd, all of which is side-splitting stuff. Of the scripted material, Brüno's sex scene with his pygmy lover and a gratuitous full-screen shot of a penis whanging around are hard to top in terms of outrageousness.Quite how Cohen managed to pull off his crazy stunts without being beaten up, lynched or shot, I will never know, but I'm glad he did: he's one of the most daring and funniest comic actors alive, in my opinion—it would be nice to keep him that way.
... View MoreSacha Baron Cohen picks up where he left off with Borat, and started with Da Ali G Show. Outrageous over-the-top humour, a mixture of ambush interviews and genuine skits. It's often very hard to figure out who is in on the joke and who is being ambushed!Screamingly funny at times, but not as good as Borat. Having seen both Ali G series, the Ali G movie, Borat and now Bruno, and loved all of them, the shock value is wearing off. Though several scenes were fairly outrageous, Borat was more shocking. With the public becoming more desensitized to his style of comedy, Sacha Baron Cohen will have to change his modus operandi soon.
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