Borat - Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (DVD)

Advantages: It does have some funny parts
Disadvantages: Some parts are just not funny and can be quite sick

...with his newest character - Borat Sagdiyev, roving reporter from Kazakhstan. ***The DVD*** Run Time - 80 minutes (yes you are reading it right!) Language - English, and Russian Region - 2 (PAL) Certificate - 15 (strong language and sex references) ***The Main Movie*** At the start of the movie, you are introduced to Borat, his family and friends and his village. Borat and his producer then travel to the "US and A" to make a cultural documentary ...
..."documentary" style film which shows Borat interacting with the unsuspecting public of America. And that is basically it - what Borat did in America - that is the film. The funniest part has to be him falling in love with Pamela Anderson - and how protective he is of a Baywatch magazine. To be fair, there are some really funny parts to this film, but be warned - it is completely politically incorrect! Cohen does come exceptionally close to "crossing ... Read review

Advantages: Anti American, Borat is so funny
Disadvantages: So funny you might pee yourself

...some of the profits. Borat [Sascha Cohen] will go down in infamy as one of the worst films to come to greatness, well its my view anyway. Borat will make you laugh for hours, watch it, but only if you truly have no hang-ups and hate bigots, racists and just general haters! And Now the Plot Ok so I will actually get to the plot! Not …………..! The plot is based on a reporter from the Kazakhstan coming to the United States of America ...
...Cast Borat Sagdiyev - Sacha Baron Cohen Azamat Bagatov - Ken Davitian Luenell - Luenell The Bear - The Bear Rubber Fist - Himself / Herself Features = These should actually be in the film, some of them are actually better than actually footage in the main film. The Baywatch rip off is superb. There is a section in a supermarket, and its ........... well I don't know and nobody I know who has watched it can understand how the ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, will make you laugh for sure
Disadvantages: gay scenes

Borat Sagdiyev is a fictional character portrayed by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. (also did AliG) Borat! is set out like a documentary following Borat around his journey in America - The movie is classified as a Mockumentary - As Borat basically makes a mockery of America in this documentary. Borat is a sequel from Channel 4 and was growing in popularity, thus the film, and through the success of Borat the movie, a follow up is already in ...
...Eventually in the movie Borat married the Luenell (the prostitute) Borats profession: Borat is a journalist and presenter on Kazakh television. Borat is not Sacha Baron Cohen's first movie, he was Ali G in 'Ali G Indahouse' which was a successful movie. Due to the heavy levels of political mockery in this Mockumentary Borat has received criticisms from Kazekhstan for his negative potrayel of the country. However research shows Kazekhstan has gained ... Read review

Advantages: Good acting on part of Cohen.. good screenplay
Disadvantages: Weak plot

The character of Borat Sagdiyev Borat is a film which can keep you laughing for a couple of days. Written by Sacha Baron Cohen and directed by Larry Charles, it is a film that has comedy and also sarcasm to a great extent. Borat is a journalist and actor in the movie. Borat was Kazak born in the village of Kuzek in Kazakhstan( The filming took place in a village in Romania). His parents are Asimbala Sagdiyev (mother) and Boltok the Rapist (father). ...
...grandfather. Borat has attended Astana University, where he studied English, journalism, and plague research. He hates Uzbekistan greatly, and refers to them as assholes, and also claims to have killed 5 million goats in Uzbekistan by inventing 5 new plagues. He is around 35 years old, has married Oksana who is killed by a bear, while taking his retarded brother for a walk in the forest. He shows no religious affiliations. He mocks women and does ... Read review

Advantages: Sacha Baron Cohen plays very well
Disadvantages: too hilarious

Borat is a comic film, released in 2006 that won American Film Institute Official Selection Top 10 Films of the year. The Film was directed by Larry Charles. Borat was played by Sacha Baron Cohen. He is a British comedian and the winner of Golden Globe-best actor for his play in the film. The story is about Kazakhstan's fourth most famous celebrity Borat, who travels to the USA to make a documentary for Kazakhstan TV to learn American culture. In ...
...After arriving the USA Borat meets a series of so called culture shocks. In the eyes of American people he behaves strangely and stupidly. He even has no idea of how to use the lift and the toilet in the hotel and he's naive enough to think he can marry a TV star in Kazakhstan style. At the end of the film you can see people waiting in a long queue in front of Borat's house wanting to have a look at the computer and the American woman he has brought ... Read review

Advantages: Extremely funny, Sacha Baron Cohen is brilliant as Borat.
Disadvantages: It's not politically correct.

...and has you in stitches throughout the films 84 minute duration. The films true title is 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan', this is too long a name to be quoting on a regular basis though so I shall stick to referring to it simply as 'Borat'. Borat Sagdiyev is a leading journalist in Kazakhstan, he is the sixth most famous man in the country as he tells us. He's a reporter for a popular TV show in Kazakhstan and is sent to America by the channel in order to compile a documentary about American society and its culture. Whilst in New York City he takes a course in an attempt to understand American humour. He wants to know about everything American for this documentary and makes his best efforts to be as excellent in his approach as possible. Whilst watching TV in his hotel room he stumbles... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Very funny in places
Disadvantages: Fails to transfer from small to large screen

...village in Kazakhstan (actually filmed in a Romanian village) with many of the jokes borrowed from his TV show, and then he learns that along with his producer Azamat Bagatov, played by Ken Davitian, he is off to America to send reports back to his country. While in New York he sees Pamela Anderson on TV in her Baywatch role and falls instantly in love and tricks Azamat to agree to travel across America to California to discover the real America. From that point the film takes on a comedy road trip style with lots of stop offs along the way for Borat to interview unsuspecting middle America. In my opinion this film fails to transfer the qualities of the small screen sketches featuring Borat into a feature film package. On the plus side the film does have a wider range of comedy genres to it, there are the face to face interviews that you... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Quite amusing in parts, an interesting concept, a short and somewhat snappy movie
Disadvantages: Will offend some, a bit too over the top & can make for uncomfortable viewing in parts

...- Cast & Crew - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443453/fullcredits - Plot - In the movie, Borat, a TV reporter in his home country of Kazakhstan, is sent to America to learn from their culture and to report about what he finds. He ends up heading from New York to California to track down Pamela Anderson after catching her in Baywatch on TV while in his hotel room in New York and meets many different types of people along his journey, with his friend Azamat (who books his appointments to interview different people and so on) accompanying him on the way. - Genre/Type of Movie - This is a zany satire/parody based comedy. - Thoughts & Opinions - Well, first off, I can see why this is is seen by some as a controversial movie and why the people of Kazakhstan complained about the stereotypes the character put across, I... Read review

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