Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter on a popular show in Kazakhstan. He is the sixth most famous man and a leading journalist in Kazakhstan. His government sends him to America to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand America humor. Borat is watching Baywatch on TV and he discovers how beautiful the American women are. He is watching C.J. Parker played by actress Pamela Anderson. She is from Malibu California and Borat decides to travel there to make her is wife. He will also take her back to his country. Along the way, Borat and his producer meet strange and wonderful Americans. They are real people in real chaotic situations with very funny consequences.
Basically, this is a raunchy and vulgar comedy. Borat uses his character to expose the effects of ignorance by targeting ignorant behavior. This is absolutely not kid entertainment unless their eyes and ears are covered!! Borat lampoons Americans’ sexism, racism, homophobia, bias against Jews, religious intolerance, classism and ageism. He puts people on the spot and flings questions at them. Includes naked men wrestling, visual gags about prostitution, feminism and marriage, toilet humor, some physical fighting and clumsiness. Jokes aimed at church practices, Jews, rodeos, cowboys, etiquette, patriotic pride, hip hop culture, college fraternities. Many instances of language use. I wonder if anything was omitted from this film that could have been made into a joke?
It is impossible not to laugh at the jokes. Borat acts so innocently and some of the funniest parts are the reactions of the people he is meeting. Sometimes I felt guilty for laughing!! Then, I would think about Borat not being a real person but an actor. On the other side of the coin, Borat is so stupid and this makes the film work? The people Borat interacts with are thugs, ghetto guys, everyday people, stuffy upper middle class people, racists and politicians. 3* (This movie is OK)
Comedy 84 min, directed by Larry Charles and written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips with Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Chester, Charlie.
Note: Imdb 7.3* out of 10* with 346,069 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 91% with 220 critics 79% audience with 1,204,688 ratings, Roger Ebert 4* Jim Emerson, The Guardian 5* Peter Bradshaw, Common Sense Media Cynthia Fuchs, age 14+, positive messages 2*, role models 0*, violence 3*, sex 5*, language 4*, consumerism 1*, drinking drugs & smoking 3*. Rollingstone 4* Peter Travers, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 2222 reviews.
Special Note: During the production of this film, the police were called on Sacha Baron Cohen 92 times? When Sacha speaks Kazakh, it is mainly Hebrew disguised by a heavy fake Eastern European accent. The Hebrew is understandable and contains many jokes. Johnny Depp, George Clooney and Steve Martin contacted Sacha about a cameo role in the movie. Sacha thought they would ruin some of the gags if they knew what was going on? The FBI assigned a team to Sacha during filming because of numerous reports of a middle eastern man traveling the mid west in an ice cream truck? Borat is based on a Russian doctor Sacha once met. He said the doctor was completely hilarious but it was unintentional?
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