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Rating: 7/10 (14 February 2013)

Borat is a TV reporter of a show in Kazakhstan, and is Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist.
He is sent to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand American humour.
While watching Baywatch on TV, Borat discovers actress Pamela Anderson who hails from Malibu, California.
He decides to go on a cross-country road trip to California in a quest to make her his wife and take her back to his country.
On his journey, Borat and his producer encounter strange and wonderful Americans, real people in real situations with hysterical consequences.
If you're a fan of Da Ali G show, you will be very familiar with the titular character, actually so familiar you will recognise a number of the sketches in this film.
On the plus side, its hilarious, and proves that Cohen is nothing short of a genius when it comes to comedy. He takes a lot of risks, sometimes risks that make you cringe a little too much, and make you question the reality of the film.
The first hour of the film is breathtaking, from people being very xenophobic to Borat, right to his fish out of water status. What makes this film a little more urgent than most comedies, is the whole 9/11 nervousness surrounding a number of people in New York, and Cohen plays on this to great effect.
Other standout scenes are the driving lesson, and the appearance on the TV.
Once we get to the dinner scene, it loses it's way pretty rapidly, and becomes more of a chore, and irritates because it just tries to be a little too bonkers for its own good.
In fact, I could do without the last act of the film and enjoy the rest, it really does get to stupid for its own good.
Other than that, it's a great piece of work, well worth checking out, and the highlight of Cohens career.