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

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2006
R
1 h 24 m

2006
R
1 h 24 m

Summary The movie film is a government assigned project to broaden and enlight people and glory of nation. Cultural learning is emportant to follow on global basis. We make our nation a better and more convenient place for house and living. Kazakhs are progressive and asstonishing people that with conclusion of project will have new optimis...

Comedy

Directed By: Larry Charles

Written By: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips

2006
R
1 h 24 m

2006
R
1 h 24 m

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

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 38 Critic Reviews

89

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 596 User Ratings

7.9

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Summary The movie film is a government assigned project to broaden and enlight people and glory of nation. Cultural learning is emportant to follow on global basis. We make our nation a better and more convenient place for house and living. Kazakhs are progressive and asstonishing people that with conclusion of project will have new optimis...

Comedy

Directed By: Larry Charles

Written By: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 38 Critic Reviews

95% Positive
36 Reviews

5% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 38 Critic Reviews

95% Positive
36 Reviews

5% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Mixed Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times

Very nice. I like Borat very much. I think it is, as everybody has been saying, the funniest movie in years.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

I can't wait to see Borat, which has twice as many laughs as all of this year's other movie comedies combined, for a fourth time.

By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 596 User Ratings

84% Positive
498 Ratings

9% Mixed
55 Ratings

7% Negative
43 Ratings

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 596 User Ratings

84% Positive
498 Ratings

9% Mixed
55 Ratings

7% Negative
43 Ratings

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Jul 16, 2022

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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May 17, 2021

Величайший фильм, который продвигает развитие прогрессивного общества. Смотрел со всей семьёй, даже с не родившей ребёнком. 11/10

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Chicago Tribune

Borat is a rarity: a comedy whose middle name is danger, or as the Kazakhs say, kauwip-kater.

By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW

Indeed, the man who invented Borat is a masterful improviser, brilliant comedian, courageous political satirist, and genuinely experimental film artist. Borat makes you laugh but Baron Cohen forces you to think.

By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW

Portland Oregonian

As slapstick, as satire, as sheer gut-busting comedy, Borat is top notch.

By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Borat at its best is pure satiric genius, the Swiftian kind that has you busting a gut with laughter even while checking your conscience for implicating flaws.

By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The movie itself cannot begin to match its delicious high concept. It's offensively funny in places but it can't sustain itself for a feature length running time and it's not nearly as clever or as fun as it should be.

By William Arnold FULL REVIEW

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Feb 4, 2021

This has become a classic for Cohan's improvisational satirical work. Definitely worth watching if you understand his kind of humor and the mirror of society that he shows.

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Dec 26, 2017

Too much vulgarity. I give 6/10 like the times I laughed. Overall I don't recommend it.

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Oct 2, 2014

I love Sacha Baron Cohen's works, and even though I'm truly amazed by the things he dares to do, Borat was a little uncomfortable to watch. At times it was simply disgusting, and I don't see how those scenes add any humor or meaning to the movie.

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Nov 8, 2020

Una película que no necesitaba una secuela, mucho menos una tan politizada y con un mensaje que crítica solo a una postura política cuando en la película anterior criticaba a todos por igual. El humor se pierde y en algunas escenas es muy forzado.

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Oct 24, 2020

(Mauro Lanari) Scatological humor with some allusions to QAnon. That's all folks.

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Details

Production Company Everyman Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Major Studio Partners, One America, Four by Two Films

Release Date Nov 3, 2006

Duration 1 h 24 m

Rating R

Genres

Comedy

Tagline Come to Kazakhstan, It's Nice!

Website https://www.borat.tv/

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Awards

Golden Globes, USA

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Academy Awards, USA

• 1 Nomination

Golden Schmoes Awards

• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations

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