A patchy, hit-and-miss comedy with a few outrageous highs and a lot of just-okay padding, Brüno suggests that Sacha Baron Cohen's in-your-face fool routine sadly isn't working any more.
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07/10/09
Bruno (2009)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:8
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Crude and offensive, but with ample cultural insights and gut-busting laughs, Bruno is another outlandish and entertaining mockumentary from Sacha Baron Cohen.
Theatrical Release:10-07-2009
Synopsis: After BORAT took over America in 2006, another Sacha Baron Cohen creation arrives on the big screen. In BRUNO, the gay Austrian model of the title brings his antics to the States.
Reviews for Bruno
1 - 11 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticWhat’s lacking in the presentation, Baron Cohen makes up for with sheer ballsy, outrageous bravado. He bulldozes you with shock tactics. Brüno is a mesmerising invention, by turns repulsive and compelling.
07/10/09
Top CriticBrüno is thrillingly funny, establishing Sacha Baron Cohen as a comedian willing to go further than any other to show us what needs to be shown.
07/10/09
Top CriticClaims that the film is a social satire are as empty as Brüno’s pretty head, there’s no arguing with the fact that the film is staggeringly rude and very, very funny. The laughs build and build: it’s like surfing a tidal wave of hysterical bad taste.
07/10/09
Top CriticHowlingly funny, staggeringly rude, brutally incorrect and very often just brilliant.
07/10/09
Top CriticBut oh my, puerile and ragged as it is, and to some extent because it’s so ragged and puerile, I doubt if a more screamadelically hilarious film will be released in 2009.
07/10/09
Top CriticBaron Cohen's instincts for outrage are spot on. It's not insight we need at all right now, but a very sharp bonk on the head.
07/10/09
Top CriticBrüno offers both succor and sucker bait for liberal-minded viewers who may feel harassed by prevailing and ever-shifting cultural sensitivities.
07/09/09
Top CriticThe needle on my internal Laugh Meter went haywire, bouncing among hilarity, appreciation, shock, admiration, disgust, disbelief and appalled incredulity. Here is a film that is 82 minutes long and doesn’t contain 30 boring seconds.
07/09/09
Top CriticThere is also a pronounced nasty streak to the innumerable provocations staged by the title character that curdles the laughs and wears out the flamboyant Austrian fashionista's welcome within the picture's brief 82-minute running time.
06/30/09
Top CriticWe all knew Borat. Borat was a friend of ours. Bruno, you're no Borat.
06/30/09
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Latest News for Bruno
November 12, 2009:
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July 13, 2009:
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July 12, 2009:
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July 09, 2009:
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