Mostly entertaining; but it's not very memorable, insightful, probing, or revolutionary.
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07/15/09
Bruno (2009)
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Reviews Counted:208
Fresh:140
Rotten:68
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
61 - 80 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
While decidedly more secular--and bordering on the X-rated--Baron Cohen's flamboyantly gay Austrian fashionista serves a Scripturally-prophetic function of sorts.
07/15/09
Even worse than I thought it would be
07/14/09
Brüno is hit or miss for its first half or so but picks up steam as it goes along.
07/13/09
For those willing to endure the shocks and actually think about them afterwards, the film's jokes work on multiple levels, although it is hard not to feel that there is some diminishing return this time around
07/13/09
Cohen probably did not consciously echo The Magic Christian, but he would have done well to learn from it.
07/13/09
Wholly unsuitable for children, yet propelled by a nagging puerility that will appeal only to those in the vortex of puberty, or to adults who have failed to progress beyond it.
07/13/09
There are lots of moments in this movie that are genuinely funny.
07/13/09
It’s certainly not that there aren’t a few funny moments in the film. There are, but overwhelmingly, Bruno’s stunts are demeaning, they are insulting and they are really cruel.
07/13/09
'Bruno' is just as much filthier and certainly more bodacious than any comedy you've seen.
07/13/09
Sacha Baron Cohen is the most fearless comedian around. Culturally, he is pushing people forward kicking and screaming.
07/13/09
Kudos to the amazing Sacha Baron Cohen who offers one of the best characters since 2006, an actor who can remain in character even with a gun to his head.
07/13/09
The pic is all about Cohen goofing on others he feels superior to.
07/13/09
While Cohen's taboo-breaking audacity remains in full force throughout Bruno, his ability to keep the big laughs on a roll has waned this time around.
07/12/09
Borat feels like a story, Brüno comes off more as sketches, very funny sketches. It's like an R-rated Daily Show.
07/12/09
I felt bad for some of the folks, such as Ron Paul and the poor preacher he picks on. I wanted lightening to strike others, such as the parents of the babies he interviews for a casting session.
07/12/09
A Vapid, Empty and Relatively Hateful Flick. And this is From Someone Who Loved "Borat".
07/12/09
A giddy mash-up of social, sophomoric and shocking humor.
07/12/09
A brilliantly rude, deliriously insane closeted sexual politics on steroids mockumentary. Boasting Bruno as the anointed White Obama, waxed rectums, defense moves against multi-hued dildos, and Ron Paul as peeved object of erotic desire.
07/11/09
Teutonic Twins: Baron Cohen's 'Brüno' owes its life to Myers' 'Sprockets'
07/11/09
Latest News for Bruno
November 12, 2009:
RT on DVD: Wassup, Bruno
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July 13, 2009:
Bruno 'terrorist' threatens to sue Sacha Baron Cohen 
Ayman Abu Aita, the so-called 'terroist leader' interviewed by Sacha Baron Cohen in Bruno, claims he was duped by the star -- and is now threatening to sue the filmmakers. More...
July 12, 2009:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Brüno Struts To The Top Spot
Sacha Baron Cohen scored another number one hit with his latest shockfest comedy Brüno which opened atop the North American box office bumping two-time champ Transformers:... More...
July 09, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Bruno is Certified Fresh
This week at the movies, we've got Austrian audacity (Bruno, starring Sacha Baron Cohen) and graduation gratification (I Love You, Beth Cooper, starring Hayden Panettiere and... More...
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