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Movie Overview
Cast
Sacha Baron Cohen
Director
Larry Charles
MPAA Rating
R
Video/DVD Releases
Nov 17, 2009 (DVD)
Brüno (2009)
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OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh
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4/5
"Bruno's quest to become the most famous Austrian star 'since Hitler' is shocking, vulgar and shamelessly defamatory. It's also downright hilarious."
Cut Print Review
Anders Wotzke
1/5
"If you're naďve, in high school, or a dedicated follower of scatology, you'll think this is genius. Anyone with world experience, however, will feel left out of the loop."
PopMatters
Bill Gibron
B+
"It's a bubbling potion of the staged and the real that supplies a suitable comfort zone for Cohen to manufacture his most outrageous character: a hulking gay fashionista with a tireless libido and a limited appreciation for personal space."
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
B-
"...provokes half as many laughs in a seemingly less improvised comedy that goes twice again as far as Borat in goosing sexual sight gags designed to make even the most numb audience members blanch."
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
4/5
"But by pointing out how low some people will sink to hit the heights of fame, Baron Cohen can raise as many valid discussions as he can squirms."
eFilmCritic.com
Dan Lybarger
C+
"The pic is all about Cohen goofing on others he feels superior to."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
3.5/4
"A politically-incorrect savior, that rare comedy that revels in bad taste while also actually having something worthwhile to say about the world we live in and the senselessness of stereotypes."
DustinPutman.com
Dustin Putman
B
"Funny, yes. Astute in its satire, not as much."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
2.5/4
"While there are some big laughs to be had, Bruno ultimately fails at its more grandiose intentions as a sharp satire about our obsessions with celebrity and tendencies towards homophobia."
eFilmCritic.com
Erik Childress
"Illustrates not the public's gullibility but a comic's waning sense of danger"
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
C-
"A condescending picture that always takes aim at easy targets, fires away with a blunderbuss, and then pretends to be courageous for what it's done."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
"
Bruno
, really, works as a parodic primer on How to Become a Celebrity, mocking A- through D-listers, as well as those who aren't even on a list..."
The L Magazine
Henry Stewart
3/4
"For those of a non-Puritanical mindset, it's hard to deny that
Brüno
succeeds in being both outrageous and outrageously funny, and it's hard to damn a comedy, regardless of its faults, for those qualities."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
3/4
"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"
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
3/5
"... it feels funny enough -- and that may be the unkindest thing of all you could say about a comedy"
MSN Movies
James Rocchi
"Parental Content Review"
Screen It!
Jim Judy
4/5
"Jive-talking robots and Ben Stiller 'going full retard' be damned.
Brüno
is easily one of the most offensive films in years, and that is what makes it awesome."
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
B-
"Borat got some pretty uncomfortable and surprising behavior from people. Brüno shoots fish in a barrel."
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
"Baron Cohen's daring and fearlessness as a cultural critic is in as grand a form here as it was in
Borat
, his last adventure in... lampooning... kneejerk ignorance and superficiality."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
3/4
"As outlandish as the central character is, he uncovers some biting truths that no comedy writer could invent any better."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
3.5/4
"The way the film exposes, tries, convicts, and administers punishment to homophobes - through humor rather than preachiness - had me laughing for 82 straight minutes."
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
3/4
"
Brüno
is like
Milk
, but with a talking penis."
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
2/5
"Artificial e cruel quando deveria ser espontâneo e instigante, finalmente acaba cometendo um erro fatal para qualquer comédia: leva o espectador a sentir dó das "vítimas" de seu astro."
Cinema em Cena
Pablo Villaca
1/5
"It is proof positive that this emperor of comedy has no clothes, a fact that he seems depressingly eager to demonstrate throughout."
eFilmCritic.com
Peter Sobczynski
4/5
"Baron Cohen is an astonishingly focussed performer; we have no idea how he doesn't crack a smile."
Shadows on the Wall
Rich Cline
4/5
"
Brüno
is hit or miss for its first half or so but picks up steam as it goes along."
eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
C+
"This film is probably yet another bit of fallout from that blight on civilization known as reality television. God help us all."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
7/10
"Whether it's outrageously offensive or offensively outrageous, it's laugh-out-loud funny."
SSG Syndicate
Susan Granger
6/10
"Mostly entertaining; but it's not very memorable, insightful, probing, or revolutionary."
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
"Click here to see review"
Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
3/4
"'Bruno' is just as much filthier and certainly more bodacious than any comedy you've seen."
BlackFilm.com
Wilson Morales
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