It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This...

Rating: 10/10 (14 November 2006)

For those of you who are not familiar with Sacha Baron Cohen, he is the Jewish comedian behind the characters Ali G (a white man who thinks he's black, Bruno (A gay fashion expert) and of course Borat. The theme he has with these characters is an interview based environment with unsuspecting subjects that are unaware the interviews are set up. Borat is a journalist from Kazakhstan, a a country that stretches over a vast expanse of northern and central Eurasia. His cultural differences between him the interviewee's are vast making for some interesting conversation. He has a lot of jokes reflecting around the characters misinterpretation's of Hebrews, gays, women and pretty much everything else. This sometimes lets out the interviewers opinion reflecting their 'ignorance' rather then Borat's. What makes the character so special is the amount of integrity Cohen has for this character. Even if someone has complained about it (The Kazakhstani government) he will come out and give a statement in character. He has no shame, he takes it as far as he can and doesn't apologise for anything. It's a fantastic little character.
Apologies for rambling, I'm at about 18 lines already without even mentioning the movie that much. This movie is NOT safe for kids. It may be a 15 in the UK but it must have narrowly missed an 18 rating. It has every lewd, crude, sick and disgusting jokes you could ever wish for. Though that is one of the charms of it. You'll be better off sticking your kids into Flushed Away or Open Season. If you are easily offended by ANYTHING, you may want to see Open Season with the kids. There is something in this film to offend most people (not me included by the way). It may not be the best comedy film ever made, or the smartest. It may not have the artistic integrity of The Great Dictator or Clerks, but it is definitely the funniest film I have ever seen. It has a laugh a minute and I have never been part of a louder audience. I was horse afterwards from laughing so much.
I recommend this film to everyone. Except maybe kids, pensioners and Jews.