[Movie Review] BRUNO
I wasn’t a huge fan of Borat when it was released, which caused me to become something of a pariah in my circle of friends. Everyone was running around quoting the movie nonstop and talking about how funny it was, and I seemed to be the only person who just didn’t get what the big deal was. I have admitted before that I have some peculiar tastes when it comes to comedy films. I was pretty much crucified here for hating Pineapple Express, and I seem to be the only one who did not even crack a smile during Wedding Crashers. Borat annoyed me more than it entertained me, so when I first heard about Bruno, I was expecting to be left out in the cold again. Then I took a look at the trailer and I nearly peed myself laughing. It looked completely hilarious, and I couldn’t wait to see it. My little sister was also dying to see this, so we trotted off to see it opening weekend. I don’t think I’ve recovered yet.
There are points in this film where it is spot-on hilariously funny. I was literally clutching my stomach, screaming with laughter. The problem is that most of those few points were spoiled in the trailer. The rest of the movie is either uncomfortable to watch, flat-out offensive to the homosexual community, or simply boring. There are also several bits where I was about 99.9% positive that the encounter was staged and the “victims” were in on the bit, which prevented me from truly buying into the moment. The Paula Abdul thing was staged. Had to be! Not even she is stupid enough to walk into a house and sit on a Mexican man posing as a chair. The Ron Paul thing had to have been staged. What politician’s managerial squad would allow him in the same room with this man without realizing what was going on? The whole fun of the movie was supposed to be that these people were being ambushed by him. If you could stage all of this stuff, why not just make a full-on “real” movie instead of a mockumentary that I am supposed to buy as valid?
There really isn’t too much that I can say about this film, except to discuss everything that’s wrong with it. I’m sure that most of you who have followed my writing here or my posts on other sites know that I’m not easy to offend. My feathers don’t get ruffled easily, but boy this movie is packed with offensive material, and anyone who says “oh, you’re being too sensitive”, answer this: if a film was released that mercilessly mocked a group of people, let’s say African-Americans for example’s sake, degraded them, promoted every negative and false stereotype about them as reality, wouldn’t you expect that group to rise up in fury against it? So why are people saying that the gay community is being too “sensitive” for defending themselves against crap like this? This movie is packed with just about every horrible gay stereotype that you could imagine, and I as a heterosexual woman was deeply offended by it. I know that it’s a movie and it shouldn’t be taken seriously, but let’s be honest: the media does influence us to some degree, and judging by what I saw in the theater, a lot of people seem to think that all gay men are hypersexualized fiends who all think about sex and clothes. Homosexuality is too often treated as a punchline, and to be honest, I’m tired of seeing it. It’s a cheap, silly joke that becomes offensive and hurtful here, particularly during a sequence where two gay men suffer an unbelievable display of hatred during a cage-fighting match. It really has to be seen to be believed, but I can’t in good conscience recommend this film to anyone.
The trailer doesn’t even begin to scrape the surface of what kind of mess is in this movie. A full-frontal talking (yes, TALKING) penis flapping in my face for a good two minutes (a scene which disturbed my poor sister so much that she literally got up and RAN out of the screening room). Mechanical anal sex. A swingers party featuring full-on sex acts with only a black bar covering the action. I’m no prude, but this stuff was way over the top and not funny. I sat there in shock watching this crap happening, and I wasn’t the only one. That theater got mighty quiet as this nonsense was going on, and the worst part was that this stuff was boring. People are having sex onscreen and I’m checking my watch. That is pretty bizarre to me and a testament to just how bad and lame this flick really is. You can try to shock me all you want, but if there isn’t a point behind it, who cares? The only thing that shocked me was that this didn’t get an NC-17 for all the raunchy crap on display.
The story is also quite dull. Bruno’s a gay guy who wants to be a star. That’s it. Along the way he gets an assistant, an African baby, and some other crap happens. There needed to be more to this movie than just, “look at the flamboyant gay man!” because that gag gets very old after twenty minutes. There’s really no much here. It’s almost unreal how a trailer can be so funny and yet the film itself is pretty flat at points. There are some inspired moments scattered about, like the redneck camp-out and the talk show appearance, but those moments are stuck between a lot of bits that just don’t work and jokes that fall flat on their face. It’s a shame. Sasha Baron Cohen had a real chance to do something really funny while also being a social commentary, but it just turned into an offensive crapfest. I can see that at points, he’s trying to show how intolerant people are to homosexuality, but he ends up doing more to hurt them than defend them. I’d tell you not to see this, but from the box office numbers, it looks like you all are doing that already. It’s not a total loss, but compared to how funny that red-band trailer was, this one was a big letdown.
20 Responses to “[Movie Review] BRUNO”
Wedding Crashers sucked. Mainly because of Vince Vaughn
But…you didnt like Borat? If youre human you liked Borat.
I havent seen this movie yet, and why would you bring your little sister to go see it? really? xD lmao
Everyone knew it would have more dicks then a gay porno.
I shouldn’t talk though i brought my 3 little siblings to watch Watchmen, and i already knew of the 60 minute orgasm scene =]
But thats only half as bad as bringing your little sister to ****ing Bruno, Kristina! xD
My little sister will be 19 on August 31st. She’s not little, but she is my little sister
And even still, the flapping dick freaked her out
She was sitting there in horror throughout the film. Literally, this was her face: 
Oooooohhhh hehe
Well my little brothers are 6 and 9 and my little sister is 12…
I made this post named “Top 10 Movies You Should Never See With Your Parents” and Borat was like number 6
I saw Showgirls Pulp Fiction and Basic Instinct with my mom though…i regret that…
AND KIDS WAS #1 (it was NR 17), I saw that with my uncle OMG AWKWARD as shit
Yeah, I’m nuts, but I’d never take a little kid to see this. Besides, the theater was carding everyone like it was an NC-17 film. Normally for R movies, we just walk on in. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been carded, but they carded each person at the box office and before we walked into the screening room. Weird. Guess they were worried little kids would sneak in. Surprised they carded her since everyone mistakes her as the older one just because she’s taller than me
Haha shorty (please dont kill me)
I got kicked off of the Hangover not 7 days ago, i was wearing my bathingsuit and i went without a wallet, im 18 but i ****ing look 23, and the guy asked my for my ID, when he wouldnt let me in without it, i asked him for Aliens In The Attic, the ****er, knowing my plan, walked into the Hangover and kicked me out
I was like “Dude- im ****ing 18, ive seen this movie exactly 4 times- its tuesday, the hteaters empty…can you be a dude and let me watch the movie, broh?”
and he was like 16 years old, i was so pissed off i got kicked out. We ended up going to my house and watching Idiocracy…..again.
He was wearing a suit and shit, ****ing fancy theater, id go to the cheap theaters but the seats are STRAIGHT in front of one another so if one guys on the front row and youre in the last row- hes still blocking your goddamn view,
i like the seats in which the back ones are higher up, which makes complete sense unless youre a retard like the guys who designed cheap theaters seats.
I’m 5 foot 6. She’s 5 foot 9. I’m not short, she’s just a sasquatch
Holy shit youre right, she towers me. I mean, im 5’8
5’6 isnt short for a girl but 5’9 is like…wtf
Kristina youve been dwarfed.
DWARFED!!!!!!!!!!!!
She takes more after my dad. She looks more like him and he’s a tall dude.
Kristina, your opinion is your opinion, and that’s cool but, you didn’t like borat?!? Oh man to me it was hilarious. I think what was so funny is…
A. borat is so innocent
b. It’s just random.
Now for Bruno…I will admit I recall about 4 times where i really laughed. But that’s it. 4 hilarious parts and small laughs scattered here ans there. It was a LITTLE better than ok. Just very very mildly good.
I didn’t HATE Borat, but it didn’t wow me like everyone else. I was meh to it.
Aaron, mate, cmon…innocent? The guys a ****ing rapist broh. Youre confusng his status with ignorance, hes not Amricanized, the guys a pedophile. But in a funny/movie way so its acceptable
lol
Borat was good till he middle, once it got too attached to his pursuit of Pam Anderson and not his random public masturbation it lost its humor.
James man that’s true, but the way borat carries himself makes him seem so innocent, and we like him.lol
That was the fake theatrical movie part of him, the other realistic sad side was the one that kissed his sister, extracts tears from gypsies, masturbates in public to Victoria’s Secret posters, despises Jewish individuals and has random sex with prostitutes
The roach scene, the running of the Jews and the naked fight made me cry of laughter though
Yes those two scenes were so hilarious. I prefer the naked fight scene, the roach scene was INSANELY funny but I mean borat chasing Azamat naked through the halls, it’s all to insane not to be funny
“Its laid a Jew egg!”
lol! “Azamat how dare you make hand party over Pamela!” then came the infamous fight scene. I also love the dinner party. “What’s wrong did the retard escape?”
I also love the part where he’s with those old women and mistakes her for a man when he goe “i could not concentrate what this old man was telling me” HA.
“In this country, a woman can choose who she has sex with”
“WHAT!?”
Lol it’s just too funny. Bruno just wasn’t even in the same league.
The movie was rich up until he got the RV ride grom the college dudes, thats when it got ****ing lame…what with his whole epiphany and the whole “I must find Pamela” bullshit
Lol hey that’s really the only scene that I didn’t like, the RV one
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