THE funniest and most genius comedy in the history of film

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2010)

It's gonna take a lot to ever top Borat as a comedy. It is a masterpiece. Having seen countless films in the past 30 years with all sorts of comedies, Borat is the icing on the cake.
Sure, there are a few other truly funny comedies out there. There are some OK ones. And there is a lot (and I mean a lot) of really bad and overrated ones ("The Hangover" for instance).
Borat came out of nowhere without too much unneeded hype and expectation. It took the world by surprise and wasn't marketed ahead of time with talk show appearances of cast and crew (which is the common norm these days with the cookie-cutter wannabe-comedies).
Borat may seem like a somewhat childish movie at first, but watch it again - and you will start seeing it work on many levels. It takes great intelligence to create truly funny comedy that lasts a lifetime. Anyone can make slapstick or fart jokes and get a few laughs there and then. But to create something that sticks to people's minds for years, to be quoted and imitated, to have catch phrases and social lingo left as its legacy - that takes effort!
This movie accomplishes all that. It's one of those few gems that gets funnier and funnier for every time you see it. It feels good to laugh so long and hard that you're almost tired. Like, your stomach muscles got a healthy workout. And you feel better afterwards. Just like after a good day in the gym.
Borat sure delivers. People who rate this movie low are either: A) way too sensitive about "provocative" subject matters B) brought up to think only cookie-cutter "accepted" commercial comedies are funny C) not understanding the hilarity in how humans behave when placed in awkward situations with an awkward man that they really don't know how to handle D) all of the above.
Cheers to Borat - the funniest comedy ever made.