Perhaps The Funniest Movie Ever..

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 2006)

I'm kind of a comedy snob. Growing up in Chicago, the home of Second City and homestead of our comedic Canadian brothers and sister, I grew up with a deep appreciation of comedy. Been to many a comedy club and seen many a shitty act. Main influences: classic Jack Benny, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, SCTV, SNL (74-87)..this list goes on. Comedic acts are the one thing; they can be spontaneous and brilliant. However, it's very hard to put that comedy and energy on film. Cohen has done this here; it's a masterpiece on several levels. How foolish we Americans can be with our racist views in the camera lens..how backwards other parts of the world can be (although characterized) and how we really don't know much about each other when it boils down.
It was the only movie that I saw since "Blazing Saddles" that the audience and myself were just laughing out loud from minute to minute, joke to joke..Haven't seen that forever. And some of the stuff in that movie was just outrageous and shocking. And my sense of humor is way out there. Cohen is a genius, and not for the shock value, but for the fact that he just made a character that leaves us thinking about humanity and how we view each other in the fish eyed lens the media and the internet. It was hilarious and I highly recommend it to Americans esp. but to anyone who has a sense of humor. It will make you see how stupid humanity really is in the long run. It's a healthy dose of humility for us Americans and also a chance to laugh at the human race in General.