The Boston Globe:A comic put-on of awe-inspiring crudity and death-defying satire and by a long shot the funniest film of the year. It is "Jackass" with a brain. [Hey! I liked Jackass!]
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/11/03/kazakh_it_to_me/
The Weekly Dig:
In advance screenings, audiences have reacted to Cohen’s act with hysterical, out-of-control guffaws—or at least that’s what happened in oh-so-enlightened Cambridge and Boston. But I have to wonder: Will average dipshit Americans find this stuff funny when they see that they themselves are the butt of the joke?
Twentieth Century Fox seems to be considering this as well—for its opening, the movie was dropped from over 2,000 theatres to about 800. Although Cohen pulls no punches with his outrageous behavior, he and director Larry Charles (along with a gaggle of other screenwriters) have at least honed the film so that it will play to minimal attention spans.
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Topic - Borat today! Two local views: - clarkjohnsen 08:58:58 11/03/06 (27)
- a mixed bag - tunenut 22:49:56 11/04/06 (2)
- a scripted movie, clark, it must be a commie plot. - dave c 14:58:58 11/06/06 (0)
- "Scripted." The word is getting out. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:34:51 11/06/06 (0)
- Very funny. Some good stuff. - Revolver66 13:05:48 11/04/06 (0)
- Here's my problem with Borat. - sjb 09:48:49 11/03/06 (10)
- But turn that around - DWPC 14:12:34 11/03/06 (1)
- Not so sure about that. - Dalton 12:10:37 11/04/06 (0)
- As the saying goes, "a guy who's nice to you but rude to the waiter is not a nice guy." - Bersani 12:38:17 11/03/06 (5)
- Sure, for the guy you linked to, he deserves what he gets, and more. - sjb 20:14:33 11/03/06 (4)
- Oh that's good. My favorite Cohen episode was when, as Ali G, he conned... - clarkjohnsen 09:56:50 11/04/06 (0)
- Re: Sure, for the guy you linked to, he deserves what he gets, and more. - Bersani 21:54:26 11/03/06 (2)
- Yeah but where's the talent? - dwill123 06:08:44 11/04/06 (1)
- The ancient Trickster archetype is as invaluable as it is inescapable. No stooping required! (nt) - Bersani 08:02:35 11/04/06 (0)
- You have precisely nailed the reason why I expect... - clarkjohnsen 10:00:39 11/03/06 (1)
- Oh, this is just intolerable! - late 19:26:59 11/03/06 (0)
- I don't know. A Jewish guy, pretending to be from a Muslim country and - tinear 09:28:48 11/03/06 (1)
- That's exactly what gripes my butt . . . plus his grandstanding at the embassy didn't help. * - mr grits 12:54:36 11/03/06 (0)
- I'll pass on "Borat" - dwill123 09:17:48 11/03/06 (9)
- It's not your age... - Troutbum 07:16:08 11/05/06 (0)
- I'm that age too but... - clarkjohnsen 09:49:32 11/03/06 (7)
- Re: I'm that age too but... - dwill123 10:39:18 11/03/06 (3)
- "I didn't get much from 40 year old virgin" - dave c 12:47:05 11/03/06 (0)
- Re: I'm that age too but... - rico 11:53:49 11/03/06 (0)
- Fuddy-duddy! nt - clarkjohnsen 11:19:47 11/03/06 (0)
- You really should see "Block Party" - sjb 09:51:32 11/03/06 (2)
- I don't want a feel-good movie, I want a FEEL-BAD movie -- like Crash. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:01:57 11/03/06 (1)
- Watch the TV news - dave c 16:15:32 11/03/06 (0)