BrünoSimilarly to Borat, this film is not for everyone. Sasha Baron Cohen plays the fame obsessed Bruno, a overly gay-Austrian that, after getting rejected in his home country, tries to make it big in America. Bruno is a mix of shock humor, satire and mock reporting. SBC pushes bad taste to the limit with Bruno and manages to offend and insult a whole lot of people in the process. I won't lie, I laughed a lot watching this movie, but unlike the lovable Borat, Bruno often feels like the bad guy in a lot of the situations. Politician Ron Paul and The group of Alabama Hunters seemed pretty innocent, although closed minded, until Bruno pretty much goes after them. Their reactions just seem natural however as a lot of people would have reacted the same way they did.
The film is very manipulative. Its hard to figure out how much of the movie was staged and its easy to see how clever editing could have made his victims look worse than they actually are.
The funniest scene in my opinion is a focus group scene where Bruno tries to sell a TV pilot to CBS. I never thought a giant penis being waved around in my face would make me smile, but it did and I couldn't stop laughing during that entire scene. Probably because it was completely unexpected.
I hope no one takes these quotes out of context...
Its not hard to see that a lot of effort and trouble was put into making this film and Sasha Baron Cohen's dedication to the character is really incredible. Bruno just isn't a very likable character, he's very selfish and its hard to take his side in a lot of the confrontations.
Bruno is an effective and hilarious satire but does not come anywhere close to the greatness that Borat did.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Incredible-War-Stories-From-The-Making-Of-Bruno-13759.html
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