Mean, selective, attempt at comedy. Don't waste your money.

Rating: 3/10 (11 November 2006)

I am not easily offended, and I have to say the gross-out humor in this movie was mostly funny. But this is only one of two films that I have ever walked out on.
First, I agree with the Kazakhstan government. This was an successful attempt to defame and ridicule a country. It was 100 minutes of unrelenting and mean-spirited stereotyping, that was mainly aimed at Muslims but included its fair share of Christian ridicule. BTW, Kazakhstan is a majority Russian Orthodox country.
Did I say mean-spirited yet? The whole movie was principally an attempt at showing how stupid and evil Muslims are. Followed by the stupid and evil Christians. No attempt was made to show stupid and evil Jews. A few Jewish stereotypes were shown, but only to highlight how evil and stupid Christians and Muslims are. I could have lived with the humor if it had in fact been balanced out in both tone and content (a la perhaps a dark and brooding Carlos Mencia). But it wasn't. This movie was a full-bore, relentless, people who are not like me are repulsive, meme.
As a result of all this, this movie itself became a part of what it was trying to parody, namely ignorance and meanness in the world. If you are what you parody, you cancel yourself out and cease to have anything meaningful to say. So it was bye, bye Borat, for me.
I gave it a 3 for the movie magic aspects of "How did they get them say that?" and "Where did they find these people?" and some of the humor. But otherwise, save your money.