Alexander von Roon, Alice Evans, Ben Youcef

Baron Cohen calls upon yet another of his alter egos - Bruno, a gay fashionista/TV reporter from Austria, who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV." Bruno methodically worms his way into...( read more  read more... ) style hot spots.

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202 critics

R, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Dan Mazer, Larry Charles

Release Date: July 10, 2009

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DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009

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  • September 29, 2009
    it was ok
  • September 12, 2009
    fuckin' funny, worth the watch, and I'll be sure to rent it to see it again once it goes out on dvd.
  • September 4, 2009
    I loved Borat. It made me laugh until I hurt. So what's wrong with Bruno? The big problem here, is that I felt more embarrassed for/by Cohen, than those he attempted to lampoon. Bless his heart, he just doesn't get the reactions he so sorely wants and needs. If he was trying to s...( read more)how up the homophobia in America, he certainly did a poor job. I actually had respect for a lot of those he encountered. The hunters and the swingers are just two groups that seem fairly tolerant of him. In the swingers scene a straight man even acts out sexual positions for Bruno, obviously not too uncomfortable with this, Cohen has to resort to trying to stare the man in the eyes as that man has sex with a woman, whilst rubbing his back. Of course they are going to lash out at him. Just as a woman would lash out at a straight man in the same situation. Cohen could have done a lot better, in terms of humour and social commentary, had he not been so outlandish and desperate. The film does have a few funny moments, but most of these come from those Cohen is trying to lampoon. One scene, has Bruno promising an interview with Harrison Ford, which turns out to be a one sentence remark. In the lead up to this, Cohen interviews some woman from a reality show. This perfectly sums up Cohen's inability to draw anyone fascinating or worthwhile into the film. When he does get the A-Listers for a final singalong. They are obviously in on the joke and that makes it instantly unfunny.
  • September 1, 2009
    "Borat was so 2006"

    Flamboyant Austrian fashionista Brüno takes his show to America.

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    Let's get one thing straight from the start. If you are religious, homophobic, insecure in your sexua...( read more)lity or have a right-wing thought process then you are probably going to hate this film. I have seen so many people give this film a zero and it's quite ridiculous! The film is a laugh a minute from the start and it doesn't let up. In many ways, this film mirrors Borat in the way the sketches are set up, but that doesn't take away any of the fun. This film does take the mickey out of Americans but he did it first to the British in Ali G so give the guy a break. Some of the scenes are quite graphic and this for me anyway just makes it even more funny. You know Sacha Cohen isn't gay, it's a comedy so please don't take it so seriously and enjoy.
  • August 10, 2009
    Actually, much better than what I expected it to be -definitely better than Borat. And yet still exceedingly bad. It has a couple of funny moments, but it's mostly offensive, obnoxious, insulting to the intellect, nauseating to the senses and overall plain idiotic and poin...( read more)tless. Cohen may be taking a stand against the close-minded Republicans who think that homosexuality is "fixable", but he does so by stepping over borders, stereotyping and on many occasions aiming towards the wrong crowds.

    Some jokes were successful and witty, but judging it solely as a movie, unbiased towards its content - it was awful. And Sacha Baron Cohen is an "actor" that has yet to prove to me that he deserves the title. All I keep wondering is...aren't his 15 minutes of fame up yet?
  • November 6, 2009
    OMF-KG............Right I have given this a 4 as it made me almost piss myself...im sorry it was so cringeworthy at points I couldnt help but watch from behind my hand. The theme is basically Bruno does anything he can to get famous...basically he does as many overtly over the to...( read more)p gay things as he can to annoy as many unsuspecting Americans as he can....I still screamed at it though....
  • November 5, 2009
    it had it's moments, but for the most part it was disturbing
  • November 5, 2009
    mi aspettavo peggio.
    forse no.
  • November 4, 2009
    Awful...not even funny.
  • November 3, 2009
    omg my fave movie ever i loved it. it was awesome and hilarious except for the dick part other than that it was good i think the fact that made it funny was that he was gay. lol

Critic Reviews


July 13, 2009
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

Wholly unsuitable for children, yet propelled by a nagging puerility that will appeal only to those in the vortex of puberty, or to adults who have failed to progress beyond it. full review

July 10, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Cohen has come up with some marvelous satirical motifs; elsewhere, he's just showing how far he'll go to get a laugh. full review

July 10, 2009
Bob Mondello, NPR

When moments seem like setups with actors, they turn tame. But when things feel real -- as when Bruno conronts an Arkansas wrestling-match crowd -- they can get scary-real. full review

July 10, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

I don't know how many more times Baron Cohen can go undercover, but it looks as if he'll never run out of bigotry, idiocy and hypocrisy to spoof. full review

July 10, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Skeptics might not swallow it all, and thinner-skinned folks will surely be offended. But no one will deny that Baron Cohen is fearless in his pursuit of rowdy laughs. full review

July 10, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Cohen's new one-star show is appalling and funny and sometimes both simultaneously. full review

July 9, 2009
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

It's an exercise in offensiveness, an exploration of over-the-topness and a gleeful working of both sides of the street. What brings Brüno down, though, is sinful behavior. Mr. Baron Cohen commits the... full review

July 9, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Brüno offers both succor and sucker bait for liberal-minded viewers who may feel harassed by prevailing and ever-shifting cultural sensitivities. full review

July 9, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Like Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Brüno defies you not to see yourself in its funhouse mirror. And then dares you to laugh it off. full review

July 9, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The needle on my internal Laugh Meter went haywire, bouncing among hilarity, appreciation, shock, admiration, disgust, disbelief and appalled incredulity. Here is a film that is 82 minutes long and do... full review

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Comments


  • Xxxxxchemical
    August 1, 2009
    ha
  • Karryko
    July 29, 2009
    I definately wanna watch this!!!
  • kololee
    July 18, 2009
    Has an infamous d!ck scene and several bondage scenes which really spoiled things, but other than that I laughed quite hard throughout.
  • HeadlessChook16
    July 11, 2009
    Wow... Sacha Baron Cohen will do anything! I love his character Bruno but some of the bits were a little... disgusting. It's funny but I like him in 'real life' more than on the screen. It was funnier than the trailer but also disturbing. When they say it's rated MA and when it's Sacha Baron Cohen, please don't bring your little children to watch it, just don't. Loved the character, disliked the movie. Good try Sacha.
  • flixqa11
    July 9, 2009
    looks funny
  • nm2m
    July 3, 2009
    Its Co0oL!!

    I like the way that he act..!
  • norururijyuan
    June 27, 2009
    ich libedich

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