SYNOPSIS: Now, the creator, star, writer and producer of Borat and Da Ali G Show has created the gutsiest, craziest and most dangerous comedy to be released in mainstream theaters. In Brüno, Baron Cohen introduces moviegoers to the next character from his award-winning series: a gay fashionista who is the host of the top-rated late night fashion show in any German-speaking country…apart from Germany. Brüno’s mission? To become the biggest Austrian celebrity since Hitler. His strategy? To crisscross the globe in the hopes of finding fame and love.

REVIEW: Brüno: How do you defend yourself against a man with a dildo?

That’s an example of the kind of lines you’ll be hearing in this movie. And you thought Borat was outrageous?! Oh Nelly! Sacha takes it up a notch in this one. This movie is crazy, wild, sick, and very gay. It was close to being rated NC-17 instead of R and I can see why. I lost count how many times I looked away from the screen in shock. My jaw was dropped open for the majority of the film. I had to consciously think to close it back up again. Overall the movie is very similar to Borat; it’s the same style, same formula of a bunch of random scenes compiled together to derive some kind of flow. But Bruno is the show, and he takes center stage. Sacha Baron Cohen is a comedic genius, very adult comedy mind you, but still a genius. His style of comedy is so out of the box extreme and outrageous that it shows that he must have a lot of guts to pull off some of the stunts he pulls off. He will offend most but you’ve got to give him some credit for the risks he takes.

Sacha can deliver on all kinds of comedy such as physical, line delivery, ignorance, foreign accent, and racy humor to name a few. His abilities were more popularly demonstrated in Borat and Bruno follows very well in those footsteps. One of Sacha’s talents is his character development and how he can get the audience to attach themselves to this character even if there is no strong storyline to help support the attachment to the character. In Borat you found yourself along with him in his journey cheering him on because you felt for the poor foreigner dude. This one is no different. Bruno is arrogant and self-centered and yet you find yourself rooting for him. Sacha has the ability to take any character and make you sympathetic toward his cause. So really, all raunchiness aside, Sacha’s performance is outstanding. It is what makes the movie worth watching. It isn’t for the storyline, that’s for sure. The story is almost irrelevant. It is more about the character and this collection of scenarios. In a case like this, the dialogue is also key. In this movie, the dialogue revolves around the comedic situations and it is right on the money, in your face, no holds barred kind of stuff. But there are other contributions to the comedy of this picture which include the various non-celebrity characters, and some interesting celebrity cameos as well, especially toward the end of the movie in a music video . . . unreal. One of the reasons this movie resembles Borat so much is that the Director from Borat, Larry Charles, directed this piece also. So basically it all boils down to this, if you liked Borat you will most probably like Bruno, so long as you are not homophobic.