i'll try and keep this review short and spoiler free 'cause the shock value is part of what makes films like this good, and there is plenty of it. anybody whose seen any of sasha's previous work should know what to expect. he's basically set to offend, and if that doesn't make you laugh some of the people's reactions in this film definitely will. it did make me think exactly how long comedy like this can go on. obviously it's funny finding where people draw the line and then crossing it. jimmy carr's an expert at it. ricky gervais, ali g, south park, borat. it's all kinda the same formula. but you have to wonder where this will end, and i guess it won't as long as there are stupid people out there to be offended by anything. but i mean in like 20 years time is everyone just gunna be desensitised to it? obviously most of the humor comes from the stupid "p.c gone mad" times we live in where even brainstorming is found offensive, sorry "thought showering". whatever. this is going off topic...
that said, remembering some of the mental images from this movie, we are all a long way off being unoffendable. and that's just the mental images. those long dangling mental images... oh dear. and if that's not proof enough some of the reactions bruno invokes - this guy really knows how to wind people up.
but i can definitely say this is the gayest movie i've ever seen - so stick that quote on your movie poster (that reminds me i still haven't seen brokeback moutain, but from what i've heard it's pretty much the film shown at that movie festival in south park. the one with gay cowboys eating pudding. and that was years before brokeback came out. lawsuit? ... probably not).
but overall this is a fooking fünny movie, even if you do wonder how much of it is scripted. there's probably a few too many borat storyline parallels but i was still laughing all the way through. so watch it ... and then try to forget the mental images.
