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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
His powerhouse performance in The Trial of the Chicago 7 could win him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, but it doesn't change the fact that Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sasha Baron Cohen's sequel to his surprise 2006 hit, is the most crude, tasteless, offensive, repellent, unfunny, illogical, and just plain stupid film that I've seen in about 20 years and makes the first film look like Citizen Kane.
In this 2020 sequel, we learn that the report Borat submitted to his native land of Kazakhstan as a result of his trip to America in the first film has disgraced him upon his return home and has had him threatened with execution. Borat decides the only way to avoid execution is to return to the United States and offer his daughter, Tutar, as a sexual gift to former Vice President Mike Pence.
There is no denying that Sasha Baron Cohen is a talented writer and actor with a strong political conscience but he really missed the boat here. It's mind-blowing that 10 other writers contributed to this outrageous screenplay that doesn't seem to be rooted in anything but Baron's obvious political conscience and what seems to be an inexplicable desire to disgust movie audiences.
My primary problem with this film is that a lot of what happens with Borat and his daughter in this movie is kept a complete mystery to the viewer because the characters are speaking in what research revealed to be Bulgarian for a lot of the story. It's understandable that foreign characters are going to be speaking a foreign language, but there are just too many crucial moments in the story where it would have been nice to know exactly what Borat and Tutar are saying and we don't. Cohen and director Jason Woliner attempt to provide understanding with the camerawork but that only works in small doses. There were just too many scenes where the camerawork implied that what was being said between the characters was important, but this reviewer just felt shut out and in the dark.
There are countless moments of crude and tasteless humor throughout, including a scene at a debutante ball that literally had me turning my head from the screen. Cohen's treatment of the Republican party is merciless and I'm shocked that Mike Pence and Donald Trump, aren't suing Cohen and I can't believe Rudy Guiliani agreed to appear in this mess. An attempt to make up for the insanity seems to be attempted as Cohen implies that Borat may have been responsible for the Pandemic, but it's way too little, way too late.
If I had to say something positive about the film, there's no denying that Maria Bakalova gives a fearless performance as Borat's daughter. but I'm not sure if it's enough to recommend this film. This film has unbelievably been nominated for the Golden Globe for Outstanding Film, Comedy or Musical and all I can say about that is there must of only been five or six comedy or musical films made in 2020. Or maybe the Hollywood Foreign Press were just drunk when they saw this.
His powerhouse performance in The Trial of the Chicago 7 could win him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, but it doesn't change the fact that Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sasha Baron Cohen's sequel to his surprise 2006 hit, is the most crude, tasteless, offensive, repellent, unfunny, illogical, and just plain stupid film that I've seen in about 20 years and makes the first film look like Citizen Kane.
In this 2020 sequel, we learn that the report Borat submitted to his native land of Kazakhstan as a result of his trip to America in the first film has disgraced him upon his return home and has had him threatened with execution. Borat decides the only way to avoid execution is to return to the United States and offer his daughter, Tutar, as a sexual gift to former Vice President Mike Pence.
There is no denying that Sasha Baron Cohen is a talented writer and actor with a strong political conscience but he really missed the boat here. It's mind-blowing that 10 other writers contributed to this outrageous screenplay that doesn't seem to be rooted in anything but Baron's obvious political conscience and what seems to be an inexplicable desire to disgust movie audiences.
My primary problem with this film is that a lot of what happens with Borat and his daughter in this movie is kept a complete mystery to the viewer because the characters are speaking in what research revealed to be Bulgarian for a lot of the story. It's understandable that foreign characters are going to be speaking a foreign language, but there are just too many crucial moments in the story where it would have been nice to know exactly what Borat and Tutar are saying and we don't. Cohen and director Jason Woliner attempt to provide understanding with the camerawork but that only works in small doses. There were just too many scenes where the camerawork implied that what was being said between the characters was important, but this reviewer just felt shut out and in the dark.
There are countless moments of crude and tasteless humor throughout, including a scene at a debutante ball that literally had me turning my head from the screen. Cohen's treatment of the Republican party is merciless and I'm shocked that Mike Pence and Donald Trump, aren't suing Cohen and I can't believe Rudy Guiliani agreed to appear in this mess. An attempt to make up for the insanity seems to be attempted as Cohen implies that Borat may have been responsible for the Pandemic, but it's way too little, way too late.
If I had to say something positive about the film, there's no denying that Maria Bakalova gives a fearless performance as Borat's daughter. but I'm not sure if it's enough to recommend this film. This film has unbelievably been nominated for the Golden Globe for Outstanding Film, Comedy or Musical and all I can say about that is there must of only been five or six comedy or musical films made in 2020. Or maybe the Hollywood Foreign Press were just drunk when they saw this.