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

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

  • 91% of critics liked it
    (211 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (1,123,290 ratings)

Master of disguise Sacha Baron Cohen hits the road to explore America as the crude Kazakstani reporter Borat in a feature mockumentary that brings one of the Da Ali G Show star's most popular characters to life on the big screen. Sent by the Kazakh Ministry of Information to gain a better… More

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Comedy
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Aug 4, 2006 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • David Ansen, Newsweek

    The backlash just proves how deep a nerve the faux Kazakh journalist has hit.

  • Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

    The theory of comedy here is that you can get away with almost anything if you manage to make your target audience feel superior to the human beings being mocked on the screen.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    I did find this to be one of the more inventive, aggressively offensive and insanely tasteless comedies in many a year. And yeah, that's a thumbs-up.

  • Tom Charity, CNN.com

    Borat is so gut-bustingly funny it should carry a health warning.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

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

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Dead A


    Why would anyone like this movie. Such a stupid movie. It's not even that funny.

  • Universal D


    My guess is that here is a film for some, but not for others. I am in the latter group. While pretending to spoof a poor Third World nation, it's actually a shot at American sensitivities, which is okay ... if it had've been as advertised: funny. But nooo. Blech.

  • Sanjay R


    Cohen gives a daring and terrific performance in this is hilarious mockumentary that is partly scripted, but mostly unscripted/ridiculous stunts that shock the people they involve. Borat is an edgy film that shows the real America, but in a laugh out loud, side splitting manner. This… More

  • Matthew Samuel M


    Brilliant, hilarious and eye opening, Borat never drags, never bores, and offers up a series of memorable scenes.

  • Directors C


    The thing that Baron Cohen does better then most comedians is that he doesn't try to be racist for laughs. Its something that naturally comes out of his character. He somehow manages to create a lovable hilarious and honestly believable and truthful character who is pretty much… More

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