Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
a hit-and-miss brand of humor, as likely to leave you squirming from embarrassment as howling with laughter.
– Scott Von Doviak,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com,
10 Jul 2009
rotten:
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.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
13 Jul 2009
fresh:
There are lots of moments in this movie that are genuinely funny.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
13 Jul 2009
rotten:
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.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Jul 2009
fresh:
Undeniably funny, but the targets are far too obvious.