In the tactics of Cohen, Charles and their collaborators ... there is a level of social insularity, sneering and intellectual sadism that is positively disturbing.

| Feb 14, 2021

Borat is funny, spleen-bursting funny, although you may catch yourself wondering if these are the kind of jokes you should be laughing at.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 31, 2021

It wallows gleefully in its very un-PC humor, but that is part of what makes it work so well. Cohen and director Larry Charles make the unthinkable funny -- and in the process might just get you to think about racism, bigotry and sexism.

| Nov 20, 2019

A gut-busting, uncompromising, totally outrageous film that takes the comedy of embarrassment to new, unprecedented levels.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 6, 2019

Offensive? Yes, but I haven't laughed this hard since the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy.

| Original Score: A | Jan 5, 2018

For better or for worse, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is unique, an important movie, a multiplex comedy that doubles as a conceptual art epic.

| Jun 8, 2016

Frequently uproarious and occasionally side-splitting -- but it's very hit-or-miss, prone to stretches of unnecessary crudeness and flat one-liners.

| Original Score: 65/100 | Sep 19, 2009

Often functions hilariously as an exposé of squirming American tolerance shading into condescension toward the rest of the world

| Aug 28, 2009

Borat is the rare comedy that operates without a safety net. Cohen and director Larry Charles' film provides constant laughter and surprises while daring the viewer to be rightfully offended.

| Original Score: A | Jul 10, 2009

Although I knew it was dishonest, cynical, and the ultimate in cheap-shot humor, I laughed more at Borat than at any other film this year. So I guess the joke is on me.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 23, 2009

Borat's cultural learning is revealing, even if it doesn't adequately convey how it benefits glorious nation of Kazakhstan.

| Jul 16, 2008

Borat is the funniest film imaginable right now.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 18, 2008

The most impressive ingredient is Cohen, whose inflection and timing are dead-on as he negotiates a vague accent, a native language composed of gibberish and a sprinkling of Polish, and a way of making tired American jokes funny again.

Full Review | Mar 6, 2008

America, you got punk'd and the result is horrifying. Borat paints a picture of the American landscape that would induce nightmares were you not laughing so hard.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 28, 2008

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

| Nov 1, 2007

A rude punk-rock snapshot of an America that quails at two men kissing but cheers the notion of George W. Bush drinking the blood of 'every man, woman and child in Iraq.'

| Original Score: A | Jul 23, 2007

By the end, you're eager to wrap things up. Along the way, though, Borat is a helluva ride.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007

Like great theatre, Borat holds up a mirror to its obliviously intolerant audience ... that serves as a shocking, but entertaining wake-up call.

| Jul 10, 2007

There is little that is subtle about the Borat film - it's a "make sex on your face" kind of experience, an onslaught of Jew, Gay, "foreign", Baptist and Texan jokes. It's also very, very funny.

| Original Score: A | Jun 21, 2007

The genius of Borat is all in Sacha Baron Cohen's daring, edgy, unrestrained performance.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2007