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Bruno review by JG
Good... Though a little too crude at times.
(1) of (1) members found this review helpful.
Bruno is funny. I wasn't sure what to expect following Borat (which I was a fan of) and had prepared myself for this to be nowhere near as funny. As it goes, it was just as hilarious, if not slightly more. Though parts were even too crude for me... Sacha Baron Cohen has hit the comedy jackpot once again though.
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Bruno review by NG
Entertaining if a little disjointed
(0) of (0) members found this review helpful.
Bruno was funny ... in parts. It wasn't as sharply observed or cutting edge as Borat but it was entertaining all the same.
It did feel slightly like various sketches strung together but we weren't expecting cinema gold, rather some light entertainment and it delivered.
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Bruno review by Shatner's Bassoon
The game's up.
(0) of (0) members found this review helpful.
As short five minute segments within a 30 minute program Sacha Baron-Cohen’s characters are often comedy gold but the trouble is transferred to feature length films they don’t really work. ‘Ali G: Indahouse’ was little more than an unfunny feature length sitcom, ‘Borat’ while very funny in places was an awkward mix of reality based sketches patched into the framework of a character based film and in all truth was only half a movie. And then there’s ‘Bruno’ which is easily the worst of the bunch. This isn’t even half a movie, it’s half a dozen unrelated sketches which added together are probably less than 10 minutes in length, clumsily edited into an unfunny and boring film, which at just 78 minutes running time is easily 65 minutes too long. There are some funny moments, both the focus group and chat show scenes were quite funny in places, though like a lot of the ‘reality based’ sketches within the film they seem staged and often crossed from shock comedy to just plain embarrassing to watch. Overall, the film seemed like they shot half a dozen reality based segments in which Bruno interacts with celebrities and members of the public, and soon realised that it just wasn’t working. They couldn’t sting any celebrities as word got around Hollywood that it was a setup and the members of the public, for the best part, were not taking the bait, the game was up. With these few segments filmed they then patched a really weak storyline to fit around them. If you’re a Sacha Baron Cohen fan you may want to see this, but chances are you’ll end up disappointed.
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Bruno review by Jawbreaker
Same Old...
(0) of (2) members found this review helpful.
Bruno makes Borat seem an intelligent masterpiece of cinema. Whereas Borat tested your boundaries, this offering breaks any limits you may have along with your patience. Sacha tries to highlight the stupidity of many views through scripted events but the whole film is a shambolic mess. Laughs are few and far between as shorts and sketches are forced into a full length format. Pretty poor from someone who is clearly talented but putting all his energy and ability into the wrong places.
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