I didn't really think I was gonna like this going into it. It seemed like the sort of comedy that was just grating and would irritate me but I gave it a chance.

It really surprised me. It's hilarious. I didn't realise that it was a sort of "hidden camera" for lack of a better word, movie. It used real people and puts them in these insane situations. I think it's so interesting to see how people react.

It's also likes to dig into peoples life's and get them to expose the awful parts of them selfs. The part with the men on the bus springs to mind. It is truly disgusting and this movie Lulls them into this place where they expose them selfs. It's incredibly interesting.

This is a very difficult film to review since there is absolutely nothing like it. Sacha Cohen perpetrated a hoax by traveling across America claiming to actually be a visitor from Kazakhstan. However, instead of begin a documentary, it was a comedy in which Cohen acted like an obnoxious idiot and filmed how people reacted to him. In other words, most of the participants had no idea it wasn't a documentary and most of those on film appeared to be exceptionally patient with Cohen--even when he behaved like a boorish idiot (such as when he and his 400 pound friend ran naked through a hotel or pretended to become "born again" at a Pentacostal revival meeting). In some ways this was very funny and in others very cruel. Because of this, at times I laughed loudly but others I was just too uncomfortable and felt sorry for the people who were tricked into being in the film. As far as the humor goes, it was wildly uneven. Some was extremely funny and on target. Other portions were exceptionally crude and really seemed intended to make idiots laugh.

Sadly, despite being rated R and having LOTS of adult content, kids at the school where I teach saw it in huge numbers. I am NOT one to blame the movie, however, as it made no pretenses about being a family film. It was crude, offensive and very adult and this was not kept a secret when it was marketed. However, parents just didn't bother exercising reasonable judgment and many pre-teens were taken to see a movie I would have been embarrassed to take my teens to see. Bad parenting should not be blamed on Fox Films or Cohen. So my advice is to see it--but DON'T let your kids. It's just too jam-packed full of crudeness. It's definitely an adult guilty pleasure.

Sacha Baron Cohen creates a mockumentary about one of his characters. Borat Sagdiyev is from Kazakhstan mesmerized by Baywatch character C. J. Parker. He vows to find actress Pamela Anderson and take her from California back to his home in Kazakhstan.

The humor is edgy, offensive, and rather mean spirited at times. Most of it is directed at Borat. But many people in this film become collateral damage. There are multiple stories of people who got filmed thought it was a real documentary. And they were edited to make them look ridiculous. Those parts are not always that funny. They're usually too obvious. Anyways self deprecating humor is usually the best. Sacha really excels at making fun of Borat. He has to be one of the most original characters on screen. Just ignore whatever class or taste you have, and enjoy the outrageousness that is Borat.