Borat

Whether you know Sacha Baron Cohen or not, he has taken over America with his Kazakhstani television reporter character of Borat. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is not a film for those that are easily offended. Even the people of Kazakhstan and those in the film are angry about it.

Borat basically travels around the United States with his producer, Azamat, originally to report on American culture for Kazakhstani television, but during his travels he discovers old episodes of Baywatch and falls in love with Pamela Anderson. He then decides that he is going to find her and marry her.

The people Borat meets on his journey are not actors, which is what makes the film even funnier. They are real people reacting to Borat's crazy antics and misunderstandings. It's interesting to see what people do when he says and does things that are considered offensive or that go against what those particular people believe. These people speak their mind and think that they are actually teaching him how to act properly, or in other words, like them.

There are plenty of times in the R-rated film where you can't believe that Borat is actually saying and doing the stuff he does, whether it's regarding stereotypical (his anti-Semitic views) or crude humor. Borat brings to the forefront things that people don't normally like to talk about. Most of the funnier stuff occurs toward the beginning of the film though.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a ludicrous comedy, but it also gives the viewer a look at what people across America think. If you can take the film for what it is, a hilarious perspective on American culture, and not focus on and be offended by his remarks, then you will enjoy the film. Go into the theater knowing it is going to be obscene and you'll have no problem.

I give the film a "HIGH FIIIIIVE!"