Offensive but quite entertaining

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2020)

After having watched Sacha Baron Cohen's other films in Bruno and The Dictator, and having not seen Borat but being quite familiar with the film and knowing of its success and strong feedback. As a film, Cohen portrays the character of Borat well as it does feel genuine and we can't always tell which scenes are scripted and which are authentic. The film does feature much offensive jokes about stereotypes, racism, religious themes and others and often does take several things quite far (the nude wrestling with him and his manager in his hotel room for one).
But overall, it does provide genuine laughs and has a certain entertainment factor about it. Unlike Bruno, in which we can see is more of a replica of Borat, this film is overall more entertaining and better simply because the character of Borat is better and isn't as forced as Bruno. Perhaps people's perceptions would be different if Bruno were made and released before Borat.
Though the film does feel like several unrelated scenes one after another, there is somewhat of a plot as it unfolds in the end. Another thing, the film doesn't tend to drag since it is quite short in runtime (83 minutes), which is beneficial to the film and its audience. It is a film which is offensive and severely not for everyone, which is understood. Borat was released in 2006 and in today's time seem to be considered a classic to many. It has seemingly aged well.