Bruno
Review
by Sean Lynch
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Bruno
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Vassup? Ein Bruno!
It's
a phrase which will be bandied around for the next three years - so get
used to it - because Sacha Baron Cohen has yet another cult comedy
figure on his hands.
The big question is - can it compare to Borat?
The simple answer is that comparison is unavoidable. In essence, Bruno is a waxed version of Borat in every single way.
The film looks the same, plays out the same and... well... is exactly the same.
Which, somehow, still doesn't stop Bruno:
Delicious Journeys Through America For The Purpose Of Making
Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable In The Presence Of A Gay
Foreigner In A Mesh T-Shirt from being one of the only comedies of 2009 to deliver breathtaking laughs.
No - not "That guy with the beard in The Hangover made me laugh" chuckles, I'm talking "I can't breath because I'm laughing so hard" sort of cackles.
Granted there is only one of these rare moments in Bruno - but then again, there was only one in Borat via the now infamous "nude wrestling" scene - but that is one more than any other comedy has delivered in the last decade.
If
your looking for plot, you won't find it here. But plot isn't what the
audience is after, as this is purely an exercise to see to what limits
Cohen can push good taste, morality and red-neck psychology.
It is without doubt brilliant, and without parallel. Bruno is, at it's very core, the thinking man's Jackass.
Yes,
many will leave screenings with cries of "Borat was better" - but
that's only because it came first. There is, obviously, a distinctive
lack of "freshness" to Bruno - but go into this one with an open mind and you won't leave disappointed.
There
are plenty of actors who repeat successful formulas (Vince Vaughn, Will
Ferrell, Ben Stiller) but there are very few who can deliver consistent
quality - which is what Sach Baron Cohen has done here.
It
would defeat the purpose of the movie to spoil what stunts Bruno has in
store for it's audience, because it is the unpredictability factor
which makes this such a guilty pleasure.
But I will say this...
Ghost of Milli Vanilli, get ready to be fondled.
4
out
of 5
Bruno
Australian release: 8th July,
2009
Official
Site: Bruno
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten
Director: Larry Charles
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