Culturing learnings make benefit my funny bone

Rating: 9/10 (8 May 2007)

Sacha Baron Cohen's humour tends to divide opinion, which is probably true of any humour. Suffice to say, some people find his work puerile and shallow, but I am not one of those people. If you enjoyed Ali G Indahouse, this film will make you cry with laughter (I know I did). You may just need the proverbial band-aid for your splitting sides. The basic plot is the documented trans-American culture trip of Khazakh journalist Borat, who seeks, along with his producer, to "make benefit glorious nation of Khazakhstan". Of course, in true Cohen style, it is a great opportunity for him to use his alter-ego to embarrass, annoy and perplex the various facets of the American public. He sends them up, and his Borat persona, to hilarious effect. The only plot-related device I will allude to is Borat's infatuation with Pamela Anderson, which develops after he sees a snippet of Baywatch in his hotel room. This results in him expanding his itinerary to a trip along Route 66 from New York to Los Angeles. To summarise, if you're a Cohen fan, you'll love it, but even if you aren't you should give it a try....unless you have no sense of humour, in which case you might find yourself in there.