| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"Cohen never gives a sucker an even break in this rude, riotous mockumentary." more... |
A- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...by a long shot the funniest film of the year." more... |
A |
Chicago Sun-Times
Jim Emerson |
"...shrewd and discerning about choosing its targets." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"As the man from Kazakhstan likes to say: Great success!" more... |
A |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"Cohen has updated the art of racial satire for a new, troubled world, and Borat is its king." more... |
A |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...it's no reduction of Borat to say that the whole movie is a kind of slapstick psycho-political Jackass." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"...Cohen is a one-man-army of prodding laughs and ingenious performance art." more... |
A- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"For once it's true: Borat has to be seen to be believed." more... |
A |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"The brilliance of Borat is that its comedy is as pitiless as its social satire, and as brainy." more... |
A |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"One of the reasons Borat works is because it doesn't belabor its jokes." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Borat will make you laugh till it hurts, and you'll still beg for more." more... |
A |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...it's screamingly, hysterically, laugh-through-the-next-joke, laugh-for-the-next-week funny." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"By the end of its relatively brief 84-minute running time, the experience becomes downright depressing." more... |
C |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...shockingly hilarious satire that knows no bounds." more... |
A- |
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