Alexandra Paul, Daniel Castro, Ken Davitian

Journalist Borat Sagdiyev leaves his native Kazakhstan to travel to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequen...( read more  read more... )ces. His backward behavior generates strong reactions around him, exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture. In some cases, Borat's interview subjects embrace his outrageous views on race and sex by agreeing with him, while others attempt to offer a patriotic lesson in Western values.

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R, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Larry Charles

Release Date: December 31, 2006

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DVD Release Date: March 6, 2007

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  • September 17, 2009
    Unlike his Ali G film outing, Sacha Baron Cohen wisely films Borat in the same way he had with the TV series. Part documentary style, half skit. The result is a hilarious original comedy that upset people as much as it did entertain them, which is always the sign of a comedians? ...( read more)job well done. Getting Larry Charles, from Seinfeld fame to direct was also a clever move.
  • July 11, 2009
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  • June 25, 2009
    "My country send me to United States to make movie-film. Please, come and see my film. If it not success, I will be execute."

    If there's one thing I respect in the world of entertainment is when someone obviously talented comes up with a piece of work that gets the entire world ...( read more)on an alert. Sacha Baron Cohen did that with 'Borat', the funniest movie of its release year.

    Borat is much more versatile than Sacha Cohen's other notable on-screen characters, Ali G and Bruno. Both of the latter are so over the top but, for me, it's not hard to imagine that a person (persons) like Borat would actually exist somewhere. Not necessarily in Kazakstan but somewhere...

    Cohen has made Borat into a genuine person. All of the other persons in the movie are, supposedly, not aware of the fact that Borat's adventures are not actually a real documentary but a comedy made with great expertise.

    Cohen made a huge impression on me with his comedic talent. Ali G was obnoxious and pretty much one dimensional but Borat is, yes obnoxious, but he's like a crossing of a young kid and an old teenager. The kid wants to experience and understand new things. The old teenager again, is in it for the "sexy time".

    "The only thing keeping me going was my dream of one day holding Pamela in my arms and making romance explosion on her stomach."

    Cohen did receive an Academy Award for his script. It may have been somewhat of a surprise but I appreciate the persons who nominate the possible recipients of the golden statue. Can you recall the last time a film similar to 'Borat' got nominated for anything other than a Razzie Award? He didn't win but at last the old farts and fartets, who are behind the scenes, gave some respect to an unorthodox comedy.

    I've seen 'Borat' at least four times by now. Even though the comedy is very effective, and will surely give you scenes that will make you squirm of laughter, the film isn't as effective or startling as it was for the first two viewings. But still, for all of you who have not seen it, do yourself a favor and watch 'Borat'! Even if you'd hate it, at least you've seen it and know what people are talking about when discussing films that have had a huge effect on the world of entertainment.

    Oh yeah and the story is about a Kazakstanian character called Borat who's going to US of A to marry Pamela Anderson. Little does she know about it though...

    "When you chase a dream, especially one with plastic chests, you sometimes do not see what is right in front of you."
  • June 22, 2009
    Comic genius. And I can't wait for Bruno.
  • March 19, 2009
    Funny with smart satire for the most part.
  • November 18, 2009
    Yeah, it's really not as good as I thought it was when I saw it in the theaters. The show was great, but Sacha Baron Cohen took a lot of the humor WAY too far, making it corny and often stupid. It's not horrible, but compared to the show, it's the ugly cousin. Watch "Da Ali G Sho...( read more)w" to see Borat in all his glory, not this overly publicized movie
  • November 18, 2009
    stupid but hilarious
  • November 17, 2009
    disgusting, unsettling, offensive, hilarious
  • November 13, 2009
    This is one of tne of the funniest films I've seen in a long time. I sat, open mouthed, as Borat explained the corellation between a car breaking down and his 12 year old wife hitting puberty to a car salesman with phrases like 'wizard sleeve.' I was rolling around on the floor (...( read more)not literally, that's undignified) as he admired the dinner party fo letting a 'retard' join the table. It only makes it funnier when you think about the fact that most of the cast were unaware of their involvement in the film. But the film itself is a very close look at America itself, their many different cultures, societies and belief systems. As Borat travels across the entire country we get to see all different types of people, from college boys to homosexuals to rednecks.
  • November 11, 2009
    Jagshemash! It's nice! High five! Sasha Baron Cohen should never have made Bruno, this is easily his best character.

Critic Reviews


November 5, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim

Thank you Kazakhstan for giving the world a pure comedic genius. full review

November 3, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today

In an era of stale, formulaic comedies, this uproarious and ribald faux documentary is like a hit of pure oxygen. full review

November 3, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It's so inventive, so rich with comic moments, so outrageous, so shocking and unexpected, and so willing to be offensive that it consistently leaves viewers off balance -- and howling. This is a film ... full review

November 3, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

Expect to laugh uproariously; expect to choke back horror and revulsion, often at yourself. full review

November 3, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV

Cohen's dauntless refusal to break character, even in the most uncomfortable situations, is amazing to behold. The picture is often gaspingly hilarious. full review

November 2, 2006
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Borat may be dangerous to abdominal health; there must be a limit to how many convulsions a belly can take without trauma. full review

November 2, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Conceptually brilliant and fearlessly executed, it rewrites the rules of screen comedy, presenting something never before seen on film: a gene-splice of Andy Kaufman's high-wire character humor and ca... full review

October 30, 2006
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

[Borat] is equipped, like an F-15 Eagle, to engage multiple targets at once. full review

October 27, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Borat will make you laugh till it hurts, and you'll still beg for more. full review

September 20, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Borat is an astonishingly entertaining picture, and it's a testament to Cohen's gifts that he can pull off a feat as extravagant and as fully realized as this one is. full review

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Comments


  • eddob2004
    July 16, 2009
    full full man!
  • ranzielle08
    June 21, 2009
    Funny... Hilarious... Different from Jackass... ^_^
  • godofwarfan
    June 16, 2008
    This was AWESOME!!!!!!!!I love BORAT
  • citawijaya
    March 12, 2008
    Guys, try this poll. I made it with all my heart. Hahaha...
    I mean it.

    http://www.flixster.com/poll/what-do-you-think-about-borat
  • tandis
    March 1, 2008
    The funniest film I have seen so far this year. A vast improvement on Ali G in da house. Some seens in this film do remind you of the comedy series The Office, ( as in, oh no what if that was me! cringe worthy stuff). People who are fans of Sacha Baron Cohen will love this, people don't still should find it entertaining.
  • yagrannny
    January 18, 2008
    OMG I LOVED THIS MOVIE
    BEST MOVIE EVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!










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  • jackass001
    October 13, 2007
    My name is Borat I like you, i like sex..is nice -Sacha Baron Cohen
  • softballchix
    October 12, 2007
    AWESOME MOVIEEEE!!
    IT WAS HILIAROUS!!
  • MRxWABBITxsuspended
    September 25, 2007
    ahahhaa this one is pretty retarded but funny mostly,
    the naked fat man part made me go blind. if you are homophobic like i am, then be careful !!

    i have to say that jackass is every bit as retarded/funny -if not more than this movie is

    i only watched thisone due to my own curiousity

    heheee







  • elliotdev
    September 3, 2007
    this film is good, here is some quotes form the movie


    Borat is a character on Da Ali G Show.

    Making conversation at a formal lunch

    Cheering on a team at the Henley Regatta

    She must be tight, like a man’s anus

    But if she cheat on me, I will crush her

    Last night, me and my wife, we have sex

    Trying to convince an elderly woman to vote for James Broadwater for U.S. Congress

    Can I put a camera in the lady toilet

    Repeated many times during interviews

    Yes, I have been in a movie Dirty Jew. I play the one who eh… the hero, the one who shot him

    Why Not?

    i like sex.

    May I ask you are a man who does with another man?

    You think maybe Blair is a man who take off his clothes and let his khram go hard and put in a man’s bottom?


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  • Name that movie. [singing the Kazakhi national anthem] Kazakstan is the greatest country in the world, all other countries are run by little girls. Kazakhstan is number one exporter of potassium, Other Central Asian countries have inferior potassium.   Answer »
  • This is Natalya. [He kisses her passionately] She is my sister. She is number-four prostitute in whole of Kazakhstan. [She holds up a trophy and smiles] Niiice!   Answer »
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