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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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Borat: Cultural Leanings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Borat is a comedy that follows the journey of a Kazakh named Borat as he travels through the America, hoping to learn from the country and report his findings back to Kazakhstan, as the title suggests – for the country’s benefit.
At the time of watching Borat I thought it was definitely one of the funniest films that I had seen, I watched it again recently (probably a few years since my last viewing) and it still had me in stitches from laughing. Borat is filled with hilarious scenes throughout, most of them are intended to be offensive and/or racist but are very cleverly done – if you are really easily offended then this film will not be for you, however the majority will find it hilarious.
Sacha Baron Cohen is Borat Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan; I don’t think the Kazakh people will be among the film’s biggest fans with the beginning of the film immediately showing the country as a very underdeveloped one, a literal dump filled with all sorts of strange people, and prostitutes.
On Borat’s journey he is accompanied by camera man Azamat, the two are given clear instructions of where to go in America, Borat diverts from the set plan and finds himself stumbling upon many unexpected places and having many disagreements with his partner. The film is shot documentary style as Borat narrates his journey, there are no special affects or anything like that, we are simply seeing Borat and his rather odd character interact with others in America which inevitably leads to more than one funny situation. Some of the scenes are meant to be staged whilst others are more obviously not.
Borat has a hatred for Uzbeks, Jews and Gypsies and his racial views provide many funny scenes throughout such as one involving cockroaches, I wont go in to too much detail about particular scenes at the risk of spoiling the film, if you have seen the film you’ll remember the best ones for sure including ones where Borat attempts to buy a new car, attempts to sing at a rodeo and having a dinner with upper-class Americans. We also get to see Borat’s ignorance throughout such as when he unknowingly attends a gay festival, this is largely down to the culture differences between Kazakhstan and the USA.
If you did not find the film funny then I guess the film’s style of humour is just not for you, in my opinion it’s one of the funniest comedy films made, an excellent film that since has seen Sacha Baron Cohen go on to star in Bruno and The Dictator, films that have arguably failed to reach the high standard set by Borat.
RATING:
Borat: Cultural Leanings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Borat is a comedy that follows the journey of a Kazakh named Borat as he travels through the America, hoping to learn from the country and report his findings back to Kazakhstan, as the title suggests – for the country’s benefit.
At the time of watching Borat I thought it was definitely one of the funniest films that I had seen, I watched it again recently (probably a few years since my last viewing) and it still had me in stitches from laughing. Borat is filled with hilarious scenes throughout, most of them are intended to be offensive and/or racist but are very cleverly done – if you are really easily offended then this film will not be for you, however the majority will find it hilarious.
Sacha Baron Cohen is Borat Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan; I don’t think the Kazakh people will be among the film’s biggest fans with the beginning of the film immediately showing the country as a very underdeveloped one, a literal dump filled with all sorts of strange people, and prostitutes.
On Borat’s journey he is accompanied by camera man Azamat, the two are given clear instructions of where to go in America, Borat diverts from the set plan and finds himself stumbling upon many unexpected places and having many disagreements with his partner. The film is shot documentary style as Borat narrates his journey, there are no special affects or anything like that, we are simply seeing Borat and his rather odd character interact with others in America which inevitably leads to more than one funny situation. Some of the scenes are meant to be staged whilst others are more obviously not.
Borat has a hatred for Uzbeks, Jews and Gypsies and his racial views provide many funny scenes throughout such as one involving cockroaches, I wont go in to too much detail about particular scenes at the risk of spoiling the film, if you have seen the film you’ll remember the best ones for sure including ones where Borat attempts to buy a new car, attempts to sing at a rodeo and having a dinner with upper-class Americans. We also get to see Borat’s ignorance throughout such as when he unknowingly attends a gay festival, this is largely down to the culture differences between Kazakhstan and the USA.
If you did not find the film funny then I guess the film’s style of humour is just not for you, in my opinion it’s one of the funniest comedy films made, an excellent film that since has seen Sacha Baron Cohen go on to star in Bruno and The Dictator, films that have arguably failed to reach the high standard set by Borat.
RATING: