a leading khazakstani journalist goes to the "us and a" to make a "movie film" to "make learnings" that will benefit the people of his glorious nation

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2006)

As a massive fan of Borat from his early days on "Da Ali G Show", I was eagerly anticipating this movie. Some critics were even going so far as to say it was the "funniest movie of all time". Having seen the movie about a week ago, I can indeed confirm that yes, this is a very funny movie that had me laughing uncontrollably at times, however, to keep the concept of Borat going for a solid hour and a half, compared to the usual 2 minute sketches of which we are used to, was surely a very difficult task. The whole Pamela Anderson thing at the end was pretty stupid, I guess with a concept like Borat it is extremely difficult to provide any kind of "closure" at the end of a move. But some of the jokes were hilarious, particularly when Borat goes to a "humour" coach and learns "NOT" jokes, that was probably my favourite part of the film. Unfortunately a lot of it IS rehashed material, for example, his etiquette lessons and dinner has been done before with "Lady Chelsea" on Ali G. Don't get me wrong, anyone with a sense of humour will definitely find this an entertaining film. I am one of those people with the opinion that the concept of political correctness is one that has spiralled totally out of control, often at the expense of humour, and so I find comedians like Cohen to be a fresh air... he does what most people are too scared to do, and more often than not, he has audiences is in stitches! So whilst I find his humour to be hilarious, I do not recommend Borat out there for those who are easily offended, or "PC nuts". You will not like this film. However, if you don't take what he is doing seriously, you will definitely enjoy Borat, even if some of the toilet humour is a bit off. 8 out of 10 stars for me... for your average person, definitely worth seeing!