Arriving with the urgency of a crossroads election or critical vaccine, the eviscerating "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" calls satire from its culture-cancelled tomb, as Sacha Baron Cohen's iconic Kazakhstani journalist returns to drop the pants on America's mutated lunacies.
A timely underlying story catapults "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" past its legendary predecessor. Having shamed Kazakhstan, Borat is directed to fly stateside and regain America's goodwill; this will be done by gifting a monkey to Vice President Mike Pence. But the little one doesn't make it, as it's eaten by Borat's stowaway teen daughter Tutar - an extraordinary Maria Bakalova - whom Borat decides must supplant the monkey as the bribe offering to Pence. Clever character arcs and unforeseen father-daughter tenderness catalyze the absurdity of a plastic surgeon breaking down the constructs of a Jewish nose, while a smug, early-2020 Pence announces that his country that cages Mexican kids has contained its coronavirus count at 15.
While sticking its blade beneath our ribs, the revelatory "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" morphs our unfunniest bunglings into something sharply hilarious. - (Was this review of use? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!) - WATCHED IT? THEN WATCHLIST: "Blazing Saddles (1974)," "Stadium Anthems (2018)," "Sausage Party (2016)."
A timely underlying story catapults "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" past its legendary predecessor. Having shamed Kazakhstan, Borat is directed to fly stateside and regain America's goodwill; this will be done by gifting a monkey to Vice President Mike Pence. But the little one doesn't make it, as it's eaten by Borat's stowaway teen daughter Tutar - an extraordinary Maria Bakalova - whom Borat decides must supplant the monkey as the bribe offering to Pence. Clever character arcs and unforeseen father-daughter tenderness catalyze the absurdity of a plastic surgeon breaking down the constructs of a Jewish nose, while a smug, early-2020 Pence announces that his country that cages Mexican kids has contained its coronavirus count at 15.
While sticking its blade beneath our ribs, the revelatory "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" morphs our unfunniest bunglings into something sharply hilarious. - (Was this review of use? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!) - WATCHED IT? THEN WATCHLIST: "Blazing Saddles (1974)," "Stadium Anthems (2018)," "Sausage Party (2016)."
