Bruno

"Bruno" is essentially a feature length testament to the chutzpah of Sascha Baron Cohen. Things are performed on screen in this film I never would have dreamed of, much less been able to sneak past the MPAA.
How this film got an "R" rating I'll never know.

But that said, Cohen once again pulls off some amazing things while incognito in the guise of "Bruno" a remarkably dumb gay austrian fashionista on a quest for fame at any cost.

I don't want to give anything away, but at one point he tries to make a sex tape with presidential candidate Ron Paul, asks Paula Abdul to eat sushi off a naked Mexican gardener, tries to solicit a terrorist to kidnap him.
The film contains more jaw dropping moments than any other movie this year.
But the emphasis is more on shock value this time.
Cohen's elaborate stunts are meant to both shock and expose hidden prejudices in the people he's mocking. But "Borat" had funnier jokes and a better character behind all the vulgar outlandishness.

As Cohen has become a bigger star he hasn't lost his ability to get a message across to a desensitized audience, but he's lost a little of his sense of humor in the process.

"Bruno:" B-