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Emma Brown
You’d think after turning your native country on you and being forced to leave all because of a movie you made, would be enough motivation to retire the Walk-of-Fame dreams — but not for Borat.
Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is about a popular Kazakhstan reporter named Borat that travels to the United States to report on American culture — while also offending everyone he meets by having horrible social skills and an explicit personality.
The first movie, “Borat,” came out in 2006 when he visited America as an introduction to mixing cultures with Americans. Whereas in the sequel, he comes to America to live after the first movie made him a disgrace to his home country but upsetting Americans and losing focus of his main tsk in America — capturing true American culture.
When I heard that they were coming out with a second movie, I was anxious to see how Borat was doing in America and hoped that it would live up to the first movie.
The new movie came out on Oct. 23, and it was just as much of a comedy as the first. Those with a childish sense of humor will absorb Borat’s political incorrectness as humorous, but those with a more mature sense of humor will be tired of frequently rolling their eyes. I was eager to see his politically incorrect personality and his ability to expose all shy corners in America’s culture.
The movie starts with Borat back in Kazakhstan, his home country, gathering his items after being driven out due to the shame he got from his last movie. Borat packed up his things and dragged them along as he headed to America.
Leaving very behind, he forgot one thing that shocked me the most — his teen daughter.
I was shocked enough that he was a father, but him leaving her made me press rewind to make sure I hadn’t misread the scene. This shows how irresponsible Borat is — a recurring theme throughout the movie.
Borat boarded a plane and ended up in Texas. Immediately, I expected him to cause as much chaos and damage as he did in the first film.
One part of the movie I always forget is that Choen is in a costume. His accent, mustache and awkward tall look brings the character together, leaving me to forget he’s just an actor. He turns awkward moments into an even more awkward situation that makes everyone uncomfortable.
Borat has gained fame in America, and fans rally together like groupies over him. He’s entered America during a very political time, where dressing up as Donald Trump and interrupting campaigns, often leaves people offended. I couldn’t help but laugh at his insulting personality — especially with how the recent movie was filmed and its coverage of Coronavirus.
Half-way through the movie and the laughing continues. It’s impossible to keep a straight face with his awkward personality fooling American citizens. It’s like YouTube fail videos, I can’t help but watch more.
The plot takes a major twist when Borat’s daughter follows him to America. Borat is both thrilled and surprised when he sees her, which is exactly how I felt.
Borat has his fatherly moments with his daughter, but I would say most of the time their relationship is weird and a bit concerning. I wasn’t surprised, considering he’s already a strange person, it makes sense he’d also be a strange father.
With the explicit and offensive takes the movie gives, Sacha Baron Cohen does a great job at playing a senseless man that causes too many problems. The movie is both silly and political, making you laugh while also getting concerned by his actions.
His role as an aggressive and obnoxious man was spot on. Being able to keep in character with all the ridiculousness that happened would seem nearly impossible for me, but it’s Cohen’s second nature.
With such a strong love for the first film, I was nervous about the sequel. Praying that “Borat Subsequent MovieFilm” would live up to my expectations, I was happy to finish the movie completely satisfied with perfection of the silly film.
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