Is Sacha Baron Cohen's prank, featuring the bull-in-china-shop antics of Borat Sagdiyev, a scathing satire or a JACKASS for people who think they're clever — or a bit of both? The crude, sexist, vulgar, anti-Semitic TV reporter from Kazakhstan (Cohen) goes on a tour of the United States, where he and his producer, Azamat (Ken Davitian), are to produce a Charles Kuralt-style documentary. And so, in this feature-length variation on
Punk'd, Cohen-as-Borat interviews feminists; sings the Kazakh national anthem at a rodeo; takes driving lessons; buys a bear; consults with an etiquette instructor before committing a cavalcade of offenses against common decency at a ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
82 mins