Oh boy, what can be said about Sacha Baron Cohen's latest romp around America in mockumentary form? Whew...OK, so I loved Borat, lets get back to that movie first. It went over like gangbusters here, and I consider it one of the freshest, funniest movies I had seen in a long time. My ribs felt like they were actually breaking from the sheer laughter that was bellowing out of me. His latest movie, released this week on DVD, is Bruno, and it pretty much follows the same format as Borat. Can you go to the well once too often: yes you can. Does this feel like it has, yeah it does, but this movie goes beyond what Borat achieved, but without the same satisfying results.
Bruno, the character, is a flamboyantly gay talk show host black-listed from Austrian TV, and now he's come to America to become famous. While this movie seems to have a tad more of a "story arc" it goes about its business the same way as Borat did, with Bruno interviewing and meeting all sorts of people. The difference lies in the make-up of the characters. Borat was a fairly innocent type of guy, and you felt for him, while Bruno is kind of an ass. In fact, he's not at all likable, and the over-the-top gay act he forces upon everyone is pretty cringe inducing and at times just flat-out unbearable. His dancing cock and balls made me scream and shift uncontrollably!
Like Borat, though, Bruno succeeds in uncovering some truly ugly parts of America. No matter what Cohen does as Bruno, it's just sad to see so much anti-gay sentiment still ruling a large part of America. Ugly is being nice, its rather disgusting honestly. The uncovering these people is one of the stronger parts of this movie. Unfortunately, I was actually scared for Bruno in a quite a few scenes.
Anyways, there are some pretty funny parts of this flick as well, but it's no Borat. In the end, I was far too uncomfortable for a bit too much this movie to feel that I can recommend it. If you liked Borat, you should give it a check (watch out for the cock and balls!), otherwise I'm not too sure, and I guess if you'd rather not see this putrid a side of America, I'd just leave it alone.
Rent or not, it's outta my hands!
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