Insanely Hilarious

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2006)

Borat originally got his start on "Da Ali G Show", quite the funny HBO show starring Sacha Baron Cohen, who also plays Ali G, an English rapper/thug, and a gay television reporter from some European or Asian country. Many at first assumed Borat was a real person, not an actor, but he's exactly the opposite.
The plot of this movie is one of the simplest ever, which is one reason why I think it's such a success. Not that it's a bad thing, but you don't have to think deeply about the moral of the film, what's going on, or any deeper meanings the movie might posses. It goes basically like this...Borat Sagdiyev (Cohen) is a Kazakhstan news reporter sent to America with his friend, Azamat, to learn and experience different cultural styles of "The U S and A" so that Kazakhstan can become more culturally knowledgeable. Simple plot, huh? Borat is originally sent to the Big Apple to fulfill his cultural duties, but stumbles upon a "Baywatch" collectors book at a garage sale, and sees his true love, Pamela Anderson. Yes, I know, that's a little if not VERY dumb-sounding, but all of this makes that movie absolutely hysterical! Now Borat's journey is set for California, the only place where he can find his true love, Pamela.
Along the way, Borat winds up at an Evangelist church, dining with the South's finest (among other things bound to get laughs), taking driving lessons, being deathly terrified of a bed and breakfast, adopting a wild bear, getting hold of a cruddy ice cream truck, and hanging with some new-found Atlanta thugs. These scenes are just some that got laughs from everyone at the theater I attended, there are many more.
But, there is one BIG scene that "takes the cake", beats the rest. I will only say it involves some grossly nude wrestling, that is actually quite disturbing, but in a hilarious way! If you see this movie, you'll know what scene I'm talking about! Everyone I know that has seen this movie agrees that it was the funniest one they have ever seen, especially this scene here. I laughed myself into tears, as did many others. It was such a simple scene, but it was so crazy and absurd that it was extremely funny.
So to state it simply: Go see Borat! Funniest film ever! (By the way, that is not just an isolated opinion, MANY critics (newspaper, television, magazine employees) have said this too)