A: Gay fashionista, Bruno (Sacha Baron Cohen), experiences a public fashion faux-pas, and suddenly goes from hot to not in his home country of Austria. Solution? Go to America to try to rebuild and contrive his celebrity anew.
Q: Who’s in the movie?
A: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Banagale, and cutie pies Chibundu and Chigozie Orukwowu, with cameos by Bono, Sting, Snoop Dog, Chris Martin, Elton John, Slash, Paula Abdul, Harrison Ford, Ron Paul, and a bunch of randoms.
Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?
A:
Proceed with Caution. It's a bit much. And by "a bit much," I mean, totally hard to stomach and offensive in ways that make you want to shower until you run out of soap.Q: Will this movie make me laugh?
A: You'll spend more time saying, "Eew," than "ha ha ha," but I know that for some of you freaks those emotions are pretty interchangeable.
Q: Will this movie make me cry?
A: If you go in expecting the brilliance and depth of Borat, you will at least be sadly disappointed.
Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?
A: Larry Charles and Sacha Baron Cohen should consider their R rating to be the highest of awards, because the MPAA I know would've given any other filmmakers a minimum of NC17 for this raunch-fest.
Q: How is the Acting?
A: Nobody can deny that this man has balls. It's only too bad we had to spend so much time looking at them.
Q: How is the Directing?
A: What worked about Borat was that the situation and the people felt real and authentic. I'm sure I won't be the first or the last to say that despite its authenticity, this pseudo-documentary feels totally staged.
Q: How is the story/script?
A: What worked about Borat was that the character was an innocent, trying to be sympathetic to his new world, and approaching it with very humble goals. Bruno is the opposite of that, and borders on unlikeable. Also in Borat the brilliance came from the real people, who showed their ugly true colors to the foreigner. Whereas in this film, it's the main character, Bruno, whose colors are ugly, and the real people who end up seeming fake.
Q: Where can I see the trailer?
A: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/bruno/34365/trailers
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3 comments:
i think your "labels" at the end of this review say it all!
- michelle
lol!
I enjoyed this film. I didn't go in expecting Borat 2 and I was pleasantly pleased. I found it to be really funny, but also offensive in some ways. While it still doesn't match up to Borat's excellent character development, Bruno is still another solid film in my opinion. My friend Alex is working on both a Borat and Bruno review which should go up next week.
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