Chicago – As a tribute to “Borat,” let’s start with a lesson in “not” jokes.
“Brüno” is everything one would hope for in a Sacha Baron Cohen return. The film is hilarious, unpredictable and worth every dollar it will make… not! There is a great fallacy that has spread in Hollywood and “Brüno” is one of its many victims.
Rating: 2.0/5.0 Some making and marketing comedies believe that shocking their audience is an edgy and guaranteed formula for laughter. For the greater part of films like “Brüno,” however, the audience feels only disgust. Far from amused, several leave before the film has concluded.
Read Elizabeth Oppriecht’s full review of “Brüno” in our reviews section. Attempting to match the cinematic success of 2006’s “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” “Brüno” follows much the same format. This time we have an Austrian-import title character traveling with his assistant’s assistant,...
“Brüno” is everything one would hope for in a Sacha Baron Cohen return. The film is hilarious, unpredictable and worth every dollar it will make… not! There is a great fallacy that has spread in Hollywood and “Brüno” is one of its many victims.
Rating: 2.0/5.0 Some making and marketing comedies believe that shocking their audience is an edgy and guaranteed formula for laughter. For the greater part of films like “Brüno,” however, the audience feels only disgust. Far from amused, several leave before the film has concluded.
Read Elizabeth Oppriecht’s full review of “Brüno” in our reviews section. Attempting to match the cinematic success of 2006’s “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” “Brüno” follows much the same format. This time we have an Austrian-import title character traveling with his assistant’s assistant,...
- 7/10/2009
- by [email protected] (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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