Call me crazy, but.........

Rating: 5/10 (6 November 2006)

I don't believe this movie deserves the praise it is receiving. I saw the film a few days ago, with very high expectations. I had heard about this movie nearly half a year ago, and after seeing the preview I knew that I HAD to see this movie. Amongst my group of friends, I was the only one who had heard of this movie a long time before it's release. It was my idea to go see the movie because my friends had only heard of it a few days before the release.
Near the beginning, I was laughing my ass off. Cohen performs as Borat perfectly, and at times he is extremely amusing. But, near the end of this film I began to grow weary of the constant crude jokes and sexual references. Don't get me wrong, I'm as tolerant of crude humor as the next guy (I love films like Austin Powers, Bruce Almighty, Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin, etc.). But this film is simply over the top. It achieves its goal in attempting to become one of the most crude and disgusting films made to this day, but overall it's just an excuse to show two men with too much pubic hair rubbing their balls in each others faces. After a certain scene, I stopped laughing completely. It had become too much for me to bear.
Plus, I have reason to believe that this film is receiving most of its praise because of the social commentary on American life. Yes there are problems with America (PLENTY of them), but I don't want to have these issues shoved in my face, especially when they are over exaggerated, particularly about racism and hate in the south. Being born and raised in the south, I have come to hate the redneck regime that reigns supreme in this region, but to display the entire region as feeling this way is simply ridiculous. There are intelligent people here, and were not all just a bunch of yokels who hate everyone but white people. Geez, there's racism everywhere people, not just in the south.
Overall, Borat is a funny film, but enough is enough, and I could've done without some of the humor in this film.