Most Overtly Anti-American Non-Comedy Film Ever Conceived

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2009)

Borat has to be the single worst comedy film that I have ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Full of unfunny actors speaking unfunny lines written by unfunny comedy writers, and shot in a sloppy, documentary-esquire style that gives you a headache in the process. The problem is not that the jokes are racist, prejudice, or just down-right offensive to any person (although that doesn't make them any funnier): it's just a terrible movie.
There are three things that make Borat the worst comedy of all time...
1.) Sacha Baren Cohen overdoes the racist comedy to the point of me wanting to actually e-mail him a death threat. I am not Jewish, nor am I of any other ethnicity or creed that he offends in this film, and I still wished a horrible demise upon him. If a person is Jewish (like Cohen is), that does not grant that person automatic ability to attack the religion for the sake of comedy. If that person, however, does proceed to make a film about a character telling such jokes, at least make an honest attempt to do a few that don't suck. (The Jew-Egg scene comes to mind, and the scene where the elderly Jewish couple rent out their room to Borat, have to be the worst part of film, except for the golden egg that is reason #3.) 2.) Borat's accent was actually more painful to listen to (no, I'm not exaggerating), than running a cheese grating over my eyes. But, the most annoying part is that it became a fad, like "lol," and "brb." Part of the reason people think he's funny is because they know he sounds nothing like a real Kaszakh native, which is the ultimate oxymoron.
3.) As I mentioned above, the film is not even an hour and twenty minutes long. For around seven of those minutes, Borat and his more-than-slightly obese Kazakh friend fight and chase themselves through a hotel... butt-naked. This unforgettable scene is complete with the aforementioned accent and a censor bar placed and sized to make Borat's business seem larger than that of a walrus. Hah-ha. Cough-cough.
For any of those who read this that actually liked this film, I am not insulting you, though I will be more than happy to never meet you. If there were only a rating lower than zero. Perhaps a holy s**t would suffice. I'm not kidding. It's that bad.
My rating: Holy S**t/10.0