Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
Armenian, Hebrew (modern), English, Polish, Romanian
Budget:
$18,000,000
Revenue:
$262,552,893
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 34 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Borat is so gut-bustingly funny it should carry a health warning.
– Tom Charity,
CNN.com,
4 Nov 2006
fresh:
I did find this to be one of the more inventive, aggressively offensive and insanely tasteless comedies in many a year. And yeah, that's a thumbs-up.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
13 Nov 2006
rotten:
The theory of comedy here is that you can get away with almost anything if you manage to make your target audience feel superior to the human beings being mocked on the screen.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
15 Nov 2006
fresh:
Borat is a serious work of social criticism. But it's also the funniest movie I've ever seen.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
22 Nov 2006
fresh:
The backlash just proves how deep a nerve the faux Kazakh journalist has hit.