BRUNO

Starring Sacha Baron Cohen

You may have seen mixed reviews for this one and rightly so,as this one ain't for everyone. I Try not to read reviews until Ive written my own,but this time around I watched At The Movies to hear what Ben Lyons and Mank had to say. Mank hated it and Lyons seemed indifferent but found it funny. Now that Ive seen it for myself, I know now that if you don't like Bruno,then it has obviously offended you. Make no mistake here,this movie is supposed to offend and it gets the job done. Its also laugh out loud funny more than often enough for me to recommend.
Much like how Jay Leno built a career out of making fun of Americas ignorance in his Jay-Walking segments,this movie and its writers do the exact same thing only on a much larger scale. It has been described as mean spirited by some but I don't buy that. One scene in particular comes to mind where Bruno has transformed himself into a macho straight man named straight Dave and Dave is the face behind and upstart mixed martial arts company. At an event the cameras pan the crowd to reveal a sea of rednecks and the straightest of straight fans that have come to see men beat the hell out of each other. One fan grabs your attention right away with his hollering and shouting in anticipation of seeing some fights. When the tables are turned and the fan is all of a sudden forced to watched two gay men kiss and roll around on the ground disrobing inside of the cage,he actually starts to cry. Even the women in crowd are such rednecks that they all stand aghast with their hands covering their mouths in disbelief. Its like these people were watching a loved one put to death. North Americans have a lot to learn when it comes to tolerance. There are other creeps in this movie but I cant turn this into a novel of a review,so take this one with a grain of salt and check it out for yourself.
And folks if you do go and see this one and come out hating it then do yourself a favour and go straight home and look in the mirror and ask yourself again why you hated it so much. The answers might shock you,but only if you actually acknowledge them.

Rating 3 1/2 Mexican chairs out of 5


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