A very sick movie!

Rating: 8/10 (25 February 2007)

That said, I have to admit it was the funniest movie I have seen in a very long time. My gut hurt from laughing so hard! The thing that made Borat work was that Baron Cohen stayed totally in character the entire time. If he had broken character even for a second, it would have made the movie a dismal failure.
This is a movie that someone will either love or hate. There is no middle ground. So, why do some folks loathe this movie? Aside from the movie overall being very crude humor, it exposes the true (and oftentimes nasty) underbelly of humankind and many folks prefer to not to believe that people are really like that. The amount of anti-Semitism (and other prejudices) that Baron Cohen seemingly innocently evokes from folks is frightening! Most people would rather bury their heads in the sand and try to convince themselves that they are above that. The truth is quite the opposite! Not many people want to openly admit that they are a bigot!
This movie is sick yet it makes a statement about mankind that cannot be ignored. It is also incredibly funny!