Brüno (DVD)

Brüno: The charity song was going to become famous by solving a world problem. But which one? Clooney's got Darfur, Sting's got the Amazon, and Bono's got AIDS! Luckily, there was still one sh*thole left to fix: the Middle Earth. ------------------------------------------------------------- It will come as no surprise that Sacha Brüno Cohen's latest comic creation to move from television to the big screen has riled up some negative reaction from the minority he is deliciously parodying, this time the gay community up in arms over Brüno, Austria's most celebrated fictional 'fashionista', and their second biggest gay celebrity behind Arnold ...  Read the complete review

After finding myself at the cinema on a Sunday afternoon having been convinced that Bruno is a worthwhile watch, I decided within mere minutes of it starting that I had been clearly naive in thinking that it was an easy going, crowd pleasing film. Starring Sasha Baron Cohen, the man behind Ali G and Borat, I had safely assumed it was going to be a bit controversial, but usually the persona of the main character generally making it just about okay to laugh at the political-incorrectness. The protagonist of the story is Bruno, a gay Austrian fashionista who, after being fired from his local TV show following a chaotic Velcro Catsuit incident, embarks on a ...  Read the complete review

Sacha Baron Cohen is the enigmatic British comedian, actor and writer who shot to fame in the late 90s with his character Ali G. Dressed up as an urban 'black' man, he made the nation cringe as he interviewd unwitting celebrities in his mock character. His Channel 4 TV shows earned him the respect of teenagers everywhere, and a low budget movie followed. In his next TV series, he introduced two other characters: Borat and Bruno, both of whom basically took the same principle as Ali G: Baron Cohen dressed up in a funny outfit, acted as a certain character, and made fun of people without them knowing it. As time went on, the Ali G craze died down, ...  Read the complete review

Normally there is a bit of controversy surrounding the projects of Sacha Baron Cohen, and this is certainly the case with his latest film 'Brüno'. Brüno is a gay Austrian 'fashionista' who is intent on taking his hit show to America - but are the American public ready for the flambouyant trend-setter? I have a mixed opinion when it comes to Sacha Baron Cohen, and even though I admit he's very good at creating great comedy characters, each one of his creations use the exact same style of humour - the cringeworthy misunderstanding between cultures, mixed with a selection of scenes designed to shock. I found Cohen's previous film 'Borat' to be fairly amusing, but ...  Read the complete review

I'd always enjoyed the Ali G show but anything else that Sacha Baron Cohen did where he left his character of Ali G just seemed too stupid for my liking. When Borat was first released at the cinema, I was not at all interested and managed to avoid watching it until last year when I was outnumbered during a movie night with a number of friends. I settled down thinking that I would not enjoy it at all so I was very surprised when I did in fact enjoy the film and found myself laughing almost the entire way through. So as soon as I first saw the new release of the film Brüno being advertised, I couldn't help laughing just at the thoughts of what the film might ...  Read the complete review