Borat

Also known as Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Heard about this movie long long ago but didn’t want to watch it because I have had bad experiences with comedy movies. However, after hearing that this movie was TRULY funny and offensive, I gave it a chance and expected to laugh my head off. I didn’t.

Even though I didn’t roll on the floor laughing like mad, it was still a very funny movie, and not in the typical “so stupid it’s funny” kind of way because Borat makes lots of (offensive?) cultural references and stuff in society (ie. feminism, gay people). I was also expecting to be offended by at least one thing, but I wasn’t, which was disappointing. Surprisingly though, my (religious) mother watched this with me and actually enjoyed it and laughed, so I have concluded that this movie is great for entertaining people who do not offend easily.

My favourite things/parts include: Kazakhstan anthem song lyrics, the wife sack, and the mockumentary style filming. I give this movie a 68/100 because while it entertained, I forgot most of what really happened, and I expect to forget that I watched this movie until someone talks to me about it.