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| Borat - Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Larry Charles
Actors: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Alan Keyes, Spirea Ciorobea
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  581 reviews
Sales Rank: 1664
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Armenian (Original Language), English (Original Language), Hebrew (Original Language), Polish (Original Language), Romanian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 84
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 2241969
UPC: 024543419693
EAN: 0024543419693
ASIN: B000MMMT9G
Theatrical Release Date: November 3, 2006
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Very good condition used DVD.
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| Customer Reviews:
 I disagree that it's too vulgar May 28, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I like the premise. A lot. Plus Borat has a presence to him, and his mangled grammar strongly reflects what I've encountered in my 9 years in Asia.
Like my title says, I don't think it's too vulgar. I'm not easily offended. Rather, I found its humor too predictable. It set up these great situations and then got a little lazy in writing its way through them. It's an independent film which, unlike Hollywood pablum, doesn't insult the viewer's intelligence. But in the end I just didn't laugh much.
This is much better than anything out of the Crocodile Dundee franchise, just to pick one example of "foreigner in U S of the A" comedies of the "fish out of water" variety. But I quit after 30 or 40 minutes because it was just somehow missing something. I can't quite say what. Deep thought? Follow-through? A supporting cast that should've remained unemployees wannabes flipping burgers? I have no cultural learnings to make benefit for you here.
I really don't believe this is a two-star movie, by the way. It is too glorious for that. I really wanted to give it 2.5, but that's not an option here. Then I saw it was averaging 3.5, which strikes me as a bit high, so I was cruel just to bring that average down. Go ahead and shoot me.
 A brief comment May 26, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
With dialog like "When you go to America, don't do too much raping--only women," and "You mean the guy who put his rubber fist up my anus last night was a homosexual?" you know you're not watching Leave it to Beaver or even All in the Family. Borat is basically an outrageously funny and obscene take on the idea of the uncultured barbarian who goes to the "big city" to see how the other half lives, and has various outlandish adventures along the way. From the 5000 year old Sumerian story, The Epic of Gilgamesh to Midnight Cowboy and hundreds of other stories and films, this idea has provided an inexhaustible gold mine of funny and outrageous material for storytellers for thousands of years. This movie is no different; it's just far more risque, outrageous, and possibly tasteless, but loses none of its comic potential for that. Cohen and his partner (can't recall his name) are both superb in their roles and the whole cast really looks like they're having a good time with this outlandish and uproarious farce that constantly looks like it's going to spin out of control. Even the most jaded movie fan should find something funny or just different in Borat.
Great Movie! May 18, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
All they have to do now, is send a redneck to another country, and see the review......
Hilarious April 17, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
How some people gave this movie less than 5 stars is beyond me. Every time I watch it, I laugh throughout. Simply Brilliant!
Hilarious!! March 30, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I heard the hype and thought there is no way it can really be that funny. I was WAAAAYY wrong. It is ridiculous and bys tghe end I had tears in my eyes anmy sides were actually sore from laughing so hard. I reccomend it strongly if you enjoy absurdist comedy or the Chris Guest style mockumentary.
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