November 26, 2006

Borat (2006)

4/5

Borat is one of the flat-out funniest movies I have ever seen. I was laughing the entire time. Almost every scene is one of those memorable ones that you can recall when this movie is brought up in conversation. What separates Borat from all the other "dumb" comedies to come out since time immemorial is that the funniest parts aren't scripted. He interviews people to get their (ludicrous) opinions, and these people and their viewpoints are real. It's horrifying to realize what kind of people live in our country. On a side note, the movie is extremely well-edited; no joke goes on for too long.

There are some disgusting, disgusting parts--even though you laugh, you somehow simultaneously recoil in horror. There is a grotesque amount of penis in this movie. Also, I felt the movie lose a bit of steam in the second half (when the plot came back), but it returned in full force not too long afterwards. Another thing: it's somewhat disappointing to find out that some stuff was staged and not real.

IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0443453/