bruno

Starring:

Sacha Baron Cohen

Director: Larry Charles

Genre: Comedy

Rated: R

Sacha Baron Cohen is back, This time as Bruno the 3rd character from his hit HBO program the Ali G Show. Bruno is an Austrian Fashionista who comes to America to become a world famous celebrity.

As the only character left from the Ali G show not to be featured in his own film and after the success of Borat It was just a matter of time before Bruno hit the big screen. After being kicked off his TV showFunkyzeit Mit Bruno” for a horrible fashion show debacle featuring a Velcro suit, Bruno travels to Los Angeles to become famous.  From one failed attempt to the next Bruno continues to find new ways and unsuspecting people (not in on the joke) to try to make him super famous.  Bruno creates a TV pilot, He tries to find humanitarian causes, Adopt and African Child, Meet with preachers to become a straight man as well as try to get kidnapped by a terrorist for the fame he would garner by being featured on a hostage tape.

The depths that Baron Cohen goes as Bruno are astounding; he is a comedic genius with an ability to commit to character like no other. Bruno is One hour and 28 minutes of Hilarity.  Baron Cohen is constantly pushing boundaries and making people uncomfortable and this cringe factor is what truly makes the movie work. There is a scene by a campfire with one of the most awkward and uncomfortable silences ever shot on film that is phenomenal.  The Scene where he makes contact with Milli from Milli Vanilli through a pschyic is one of the funniest moments in recent memory and nobody else could make this work. Bruno would be funny if it was a straight up movie but the fact that the people he interviews are not in on the joke take it to another level.  I am sure some people will even be put off by the edginess and how uncomfortable Bruno can make a person feel with his over the top antics.

Half the Audience I saw Bruno with were completely silent and the other half had tears in their eyes from laughing so hard. Bruno is definitely a love it or hate it movie as well as one of the best movies of the year, it is Shocking, Outrageous and Hysterical.

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