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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make
Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Upon admission of the trinity of afflictions to Kazakhstan (they being economic, social and ‘The Jew’), TV personality Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) is dispatched to "The U, S and A" to see what he might glean from this successful nation for the benefit of his mother country.

Is this just another Ali G In Da USA whereby the old UK jokes will be regurgitated for American audiences, or will it be all-new material? Well, it's mostly the latter with a little of the former. The film kicks off well with Sacha Baron Cohen nailing his character's introduction of his hometown before heading to the U.S. for some Kazakhstani ‘Norman Gunston’-style setups. Many of these are very funny and some are downright hilarious, but unfortunately there's only about 45 minutes of bona fide funny material and so the film starts running out of steam by about the midway point, descending afterwards into gags that are played more for shock value than being genuinely funny. Borat's naked wrestle with his obese manager marks the film's low point though, no doubt, this will appeal to the Jackass sect. The second half of the film is also plagued by situations that fail to suspend our disbelief. Like Kenny before it, these scenes destroy the illusion of documentary that the film strives for.

It has its moments, but ultimately it's a disappointment.
Stuart Jamieson

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