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

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

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2006

1h 24m

Comedy

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Outrageous situations occur when a popular reporter (Sacha Baron Cohen) from Kazakhstan comes to the United States to film a documentary.

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Critics Consensus

Part satire, part shockumentary, Borat gets high-fives almost all-around for being offensive in the funniest possible way. Jagshemash!

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Ed Gonzalez

House Next Door

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

Jul 16, 2008

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David Ansen

Newsweek

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

Nov 1, 2007

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Brian Tallerico

UGO

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

Mar 24, 2007

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

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

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

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

Rated: 4/5

Jan 31, 2021

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

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

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andras gaspar p

This is my favourite comedy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/15/25

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I Watch A

Has a good mixture of satirical and unintentional humor. The movie is just one big social experiment, just one man with a camera going around America. Loved it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/09/25

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Obi-wan K

"Bang Bang skid skid ninja" My top 10 comedy movies 🤑🤑🤑

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/25

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Mate P

Borat was a very mixed experience for me. On the one hand I appreciate the commentary on the many things this film touches. On the other hand I don't like when movies try very hard to be funny, because it's going to be a hit or miss. And it was definitely the case here. Most of the jokes are extremely stupid or offensive, but not many of them landed for me, because I have either seen them before or they felt forced to me. Azamat is my favourite character, I loved most of the gags he was involved in and his dialogues felt natural, maybe because of the actor's delivery. The direction is good, but I genuinely thought this was an independent film from the way it looks. I guess they tried to make it look like a documentary, but instead it looks like a very low-budget film in my opinion even though it was made with a budget of $18 million. I also don't appreciate how the production this film was handled, especially how they handled the non-actor people who have roles. Borat can be funny for many people and I get it, but most of the jokes felt forced to me.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/16/25

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Cork B

There are some genuinely funny bits in here, but it is so cringy when he is clearly and cruelly just making fun of regular folks. Cohen's scripted stuff tends to be way funnier, if excessively gross. He has a sharp and warped sense of humor, although he doesn't know (or care) when to rein it in. The Dictator was funnier, although suffered from some of the same issues.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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Tom G

Quoting this movie is funnier than watching this movie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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Synopsis

Outrageous situations occur when a popular reporter (Sacha Baron Cohen) from Kazakhstan comes to the United States to film a documentary.

Director: Larry Charles
Producer: Jay Roach, Sacha Baron Cohen
Screenwriter: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Gold/Miller Productions, Major Studio Partners
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Strong Crude Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 3, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $128.5M
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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