Strange Humor, but poor Kazakhstan!

Rating: 5/10 (5 December 2006)

This is a very strange, shocking, graphic, offensive movie. Yet, there are various parts that are really very funny. I should not tell you very specific parts because they lose their shock value (which is what this movie is about).
My favorite funny parts are in the first half, such as those of Borat's interviews with the humor coach, feminists, the African-American congressman (who made Borat realize what kind of experience he just had with those men he invited into his room), and the dinner with proper Southern family.
The most squirmy uncomfortable parts occur in the second half, such as that when he sang the "Kazakh" national anthem in a Texas rodeo, the antique shop scene, the Christian prayer rally with the politicians, and RV scene with drunk frat boys.
If we are to believe that all of these are actual reactions of real people, then the picture painted is really an eye-opener and a mirror for Americans.
All I can say is poor Kazakhstan! How was it possible for an American production able to malign a country's name like this???