Film: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Directed by: Larry Charles

Written by: Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer

Year: 2006

Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell

Reviewed by: J.J.

Sacha Baron Cohen plays Borat, a man from Kazakhstan doing a fictional documentary on the USA. He leaves behind his disgustingly obese and prematurely aged wife, his retarded brother, his prostitute sister, and his sons to go to America on a commission to make a documentary from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Information.

Borat arrives in New York and tries to greet strangers with friendly kisses, which are returned with either threats of violence or the strangers literally running away. The true adventure though begins with Borat watching Baywatch and falling in love with the character C.J., who he soon learns is really an actress named Pamela Anderson.

The movie is supposedly offensive, but let's get real. Anyone who gets offended by this movie doesn't get out enough. People have prejudices, and if they don't say their prejudices in front of you, it's because you're a holier than thou snob.

The movie was boring at best, with a few shining moments. It did manage to get me to laugh a few times. Cohen is quite good at getting away with a lot because he successfully convinces people that Borat is really a clueless foreigner.

Worth seeing, just to see. But don't get your hopes up. It fails to live up to the hype. 3 J's out of 10