My review of Borat

Rating: 9/10 (9 November 2006)

I went into Borat with absolutely no expectations. Having seen one of Sacha Baron Cohen's other creations, Ali G in his feature film, I did hope that this would be better. And it was. Much better. But not the best film I've ever seen. It did crack me up in many places, every time Borat interacted with random American public, but some places were incredibly cringe-worthy. The bit that crops up every time in reviews I've seen about the film is the nudity, and I must say that it is pretty gross - the 5 or so minutes of naked wrestling made me want to shut my eyes more than when Christ was pinned to the cross in Mel Gibson's epic. I think that Baron Cohen's prominence in American cinema is going to continue - his character Borat was very cleverly created and for that he did good, I hope that he continues to create clever but funny films in the future - which Ali G In Da House was not.