Posted by
Emmett of the Unblinking Eye on Sunday, November 05, 2006 9:53:47 PM
By now pretty much everyone knows that
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
has something in it to offend almost everyone -- Jews, Christians,
feminists, animal lovers, fraternity boys, cowboys, gay boys, gun
owners, you name it. But I can't begin to tell you in a blog post how
completely offensive the film actually is. Believe the R rating; trust
it; embrace it. You won't be sorry.
Is it funny? Absolutely.
There is no question that if you can sit through the entire movie, you
will laugh, and some of the comedic ideas are absolutely brilliant.
The creative force behind the film, Sacha Baron Cohen, famed for
Da Ali G Show and most recently seen in
Talladega Nights as the gay French NASCAR driver Jean Girard, is brilliant and inventive.
But
is it worth it? In my view, no. Frankly, if you have an ounce of
moral decency in you, you will come out of the movie wanting to take a
shower. Or a purging. Possibly both. After a while victimizing
others just stops being funny and starts being cruel and painful.
There are simply too many casualties along the way to make the film
enjoyable.
Borat may be the only movie in which you actually wind up feeling sorry for Pamela Anderson.