Are YOU dumber than Sacha, too?

Rating: 5/10 (25 June 2008)

I don't think this is as funny as the Borat sketches Sacha Baron Cohen did on his earlier series, "Da Ali G Show". Those, being limited to about 7 minutes, were much more digestible. The Borat movie is pretty funny for the first third or so, but becomes kind of tiresome after a while. It ends up feeling kinda mean-spirited.
To me, this kind of candid humor is more like horror. You can argue that Sacha Baron Cohen, a borderline sociopath, is making some kind of statement about racism or elitism or the people in the US. Whatever. I don't buy it. I think he just gets a kick out of this stuff.
There are certainly some funny scenes, but in the end it amounts to Sacha exploiting people who are dumber than him. Sure it's funny to the audience, but you're watching his movie and giving him money. You're dumber than him too.