Borat

A stunning indictment of the word 'un-American'.

Film Review by Alec McLeod | 12 Nov 2006
Film title: Borat
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Pamela Anderson, Ken Davitian
Release date: Nov 3
Certificate: 15

For those unversed in Kazakh television, Borat is one of its most respected reporters, and this film is the product of his research trip to the States. However, if you've seen Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G shows, you'll know what to expect, as the movie takes the format of a collection of hoax 'reports', this time held together by Borat's need to reach L.A. from N.Y. in order to find Pamela Anderson and marry her the traditional Kazakh way. Sleazy producer Azamat adds a traditional slapstick element, which somehow gets perverted into one of the most graphic comedy scenes ever. Yes, Cohen has misrepresented Kazakhstan, but knowing this means we're in on the greater joke: sending Borat's Trojan horse over to the unsuspecting Land of Freedom as 'The Foreigner', revealing his fake bigotry, backwardness and social injustice to be very real traits of many in that country. A stunning indictment of the word 'un-American'. With knob gags. [Alec McLeod]

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