Bruno

This film has been out on DVD for a while now, so most of what's to say about it has already been said, but even so, I thought I'd share my comments.I've had this DVD since it was first released, but didn't get around to watching it until last night, having been hesitant after hearing mixed reviews. But with nothing better to do last night, I stuck it on...First off, I'll agree with the many that the film is nowhere near as good as the truly excellent 'Borat' before it. Of course, with 'Borat' we'd already seen just how far Baron Cohen was prepared to go and what to expect, but even so, if 'Bruno' had come before 'Borat', I still think that 'Borat' would be the far better of the two.But that's not to say 'Bruno' is no good. As with the Beatles' lesser songs still being good songs, lesser Sacha Baron Cohen is still good Cohen.One of my main problems was that I found it quite hard to actually warm to Bruno the character. For all of Borat's "eccentricities", he is for the most part a lovable character, whereas Bruno, I didn't totally care for.There are some truly great moments, though for me - even though they clearly tried to be even more "extreme" - didn't quite match the giddying heights on 'Bruno'. At points, it almost felt as if they were trying too hard. And while there are some excellent moments of spontaneity with unwitting 'victims', much of 'Bruno' feels to be too staged for my liking. Somehow I was just expecting more from the whole thing.Well, that's the bad out of the way, but there is good - as I say, some really good moments that will have you laughing out loud. I also like the overall structure of the story, and how it develops and wraps up at the end.Some of the things they dared do are breathtaking - none more so than the whole terrorist segment (without giving too much away).The DVD extras include alternative / extended / deleted scenes, some of which are better than others, and a commentary track, which I haven't listened to yet.This film is certainly not for you are easily shocked. If you haven't seen 'Borat', I'd definitely recommend to buy that DVD first. But if you liked 'Borat' and want more, 'Bruno', while far from perfect, at least delivers some decent laughs. For all I've said against it, I still enjoyed it enough to give it a reasonable 4/5.

sacha hilarious always

The disk only has the movie, no extras, no interview, no deleted scenes. Links don't work. Brilliant movie, but sour ending to a nice evening.

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The person I brought it for thought it was hilarious

This is very funny and also totally outrageous. I don’t know how he managed to get away with some of the stuff he did and said. Not for the faint hearted or snow flakes.

13 hr flight from Shanghai to Heathrow, I thought I'd choose Bruno from the menu of films to watch on my personal screen. Trouble is when it started there was plenty of Willies and "bottom action" and I was looking sideways at the elderly gentleman on my right to make sure he wasn't looking at my screen. It's not smomething you'd want to watch with your parents or any elderly person.However, it's hilarious. I tried so hard not to laugh out loud because I didn't want the old man to divert his attention to my screen. In the end I tried so hard not to laugh that I started making snorting noises and tears wre coming down my face. It is VERY funny and yes, in parts he does go a bit far with the "sausage jockey" antics. The bit where he asks the mother of an aspiring baby actor whether she would be able to reduce the baby's weight from 30kg to 20kg for the shoot. She agreed and then he asked whether she would be prepared for the baby to have lipo-suction if she had not achieved this weight loss "If that's what it takes, yes" She said. Unebelievable and that's why it's worth watching.

This is the funniest film that I have ever seen, and the most I have laughed for a long, long time.It is not going to be to everyone's taste, if you are easily offended, don't bother. However, if you liked Borat and did not find it too offensive you should like this. Like Borat it has a number of set pieces that hilariously sends up the beliefs of unwitting memebers of the community.What I liked about this film is how it poked fun at homophobic attitudes in such a brilliant and clever way. There were some critics that complained that Bruno perpetuated a negative stereotype. However, I would like to think that most intelligent people would recognise that Bruno is a comic creation that plays on people's stereotyped expectations rather than tries to advance these views. I was put off watching this film for a long time by reviews that compared it unfavourably with Borat. I should have known better, Bruno is the work of a comic genius and this is actually better that Borat.Check out if you like:Borat, Spinal Tap, Knocked up, anything with Alan Partridge, The Office.