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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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Metascore
89 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 38 Critics What's this?

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 797 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ken Davitian, Sacha Baron Cohen
  • Summary: The movie film is a government assigned project to broaden and enlight people and glory of nation. Cultural learning is emportant to follow on global basis. We make our nation a better and more convenient place for house and living. Kazakhs are progressive and asstonishing people that with conclusion of project will have new optimistic approach in daily life in world of same people. Our film will bring the US & A closer to us. We help with needs of kazakh knowledge and Us&a culture is positive step for future of our glorious nation. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Very nice. I like Borat very much. I think it is, as everybody has been saying, the funniest movie in years.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    100
    Borat is a rarity: a comedy whose middle name is danger, or as the Kazakhs say, kauwip-kater.
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    50
    The movie itself cannot begin to match its delicious high concept. It's offensively funny in places but it can't sustain itself for a feature length running time and it's not nearly as clever or as fun as it should be.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 278 out of 417
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 417
  3. Negative: 105 out of 417
  1. Paxster
    10
    It's a little genius of a comic film with a genius comic behind him. Baron Cohen somehow mixes the ridiculous with the believeable to make people think he really is Borat and then makes the American people look stupid and foolish. But is there some dark, underlying, non-comic theme here? Maybe America isn't such a great nation as we all like to think.… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes
  2. ND
    5
    Expected more from reading the reviews - still found a good few laughs in there - just not enough to recommend it to anyone else.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ChristineK.
    3
    Mean-spirited beyond the bounds of necessity, this film incriminates itself as being part of what is least admirable in modern society.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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