Brüno reviewed by Mark Kermode

The good doctor gets to grip with Sacha Baron Cohen's latest creation, the flamboyant homosexual Austrian fashion reporter Brüno. As featured on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 5 live show

[@WaveformDigitalMedia]

"He won't be able to do this again", yet 9 years later, here we are.

[@rain_irl6460]

and again

[@mister_M.]

Wot is the new one then

[@TxxT33]

@@mister_M. subsequent movie Film.

[@jkenney2]

He's absolutely right about the smugness.

[@SuperWillHatch]

I thought Borat and Bruno were pretty much the same movie. I don't understand why people act like Borat had some sort of substance to it that Bruno lacked.

[@alexballish]

One of the best comedies I have ever seen. Pushed the envelope a little bit too much and offended people...love it.

[@RockBottomRiser21]

Say what you want about Bruno, it was miles funnier than The Hangover.

[@milomathew5267]

Instablaster...

[@evillink1]

My problem with Sacha is that he feels too comfortable punching down.

[@richardtyson100]

when has he ever punched down? most of his subjects are public figures

[@evillink1]

@@richardtyson100 whenever he goes after working class people with his characters, he does it all the time. More often than not they're just awkwardly trying to play along, but he makes them all look like uneducated bigots. There's a special flavour of European style anti-American elitism and smugness to what he does. He's not coming from a good place.

[@yeahiprotest]

@@evillink1 I think he’s got a real angry / mean streak to him - he has really hurt some people’s lives and doesn’t seem to Care. I’m a big fan but yeah he’s got issues

[@sambingham1196]

@@evillink1 European style? Elaborate please.

[@ulture]

@@evillink1 waaaah the Europeans are being mean to me

[@CheDonJohn]

The Bruno in the TV series was brilliant; most notably in that 'Austrian Gay TV' sketch with the 'jocks' on the beach, which might be the funniest sketch I've ever seen. Whereas TV Bruno was a clever, subtle pardoy and sterotype, the Bruno is lowest common denominator stuff. I guess it reperesent the moment SBC disappeared up his own arse.

[@bubblegum9713]

i dont think ive ever counted the amuont of times ive laughed at a film lol

[@iain2080]

Easier to do if you're not really finding it funny to be fair

[@deeceea9488]

4:25 "It's a good joke, " they say, neither laughing.

[@LSJShez]

Let's have the Moon review, doc.

[@AntonQvarfordt]

Isnt Pita bread the real enemy?

[@dowling1981]

When is it set to be released in the cinemas?

[@detriplea]

Moon has a limited release unfortunately.

[@Gaalsien]

Maybe people don't want to watch an hour and a bit of candid camera.

[@LAVIV007]

Now "Kermode Uncut: Brüno Review" -- which I know you've watched -- IS valuable criticism. Note that Kermode does not essentially criticize the film but rather the producer and basically calls him a hypocrite.

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

oups he did it again

[@Last_addam]

i preferd borat over bruno, manily cause borat was a much more likable charatcer and was the first and more orginal movie, bruno has its moments, but the end of bruno bugged me, i would of rather had him taking the piss out of the likes of bono and elton john, than them being in on the joke

[@martynm]

I couldn't agree more

[@booyahboyuk]

Yes I remember TV Bruno as just a shallow fashionista dimwit rather than an ubercamp OTT gay joke.

[@terratrema]

@andyandcarl No.

[@ChrisVCrawford]

I thought we didn't talk about Bruno.

[@MichaelLeroi]

there is if it's YOUR JOB!

[@Salenceable]

And yet, he did it agin.

[@SoupieGuitar]

@guitarreilly good:)

[@terratrema]

@zazoudubchimp I almost agree. I'd give Da Ali G Movie 2/10 if I was feeling REALLY generous. It's one of two movies I've walked out of in my life. (The other was Judd Apatow's Funny People.)

[@AngeAlexiel]

je was wrong, he did it again, and i loved it ^^

[@LAVIV007]

Why not see the review? I like most of kermodeandmayo's reviews, and most of the time Kermode is very sharp. However, his review of Bruno (e.g., "I laughed 6 times"... "which is good") is poor and useless. You don't review a candid cam film as a comedy unless it's not a candid cam film per se. Borat had a solid plot with a great introduction, bulk and an ending. It had a coast-to-coast cruising theme, love, betrayal., etc. Did Bruno have those? Kermode doesn't say.

[@TheHappydead]

sacha baron cohen was best on tv. his movies are great in bits but mediocre generally. But his tv shows were fucking amazing,

[@smithhedgehog]

laughing 6 times is NEVER enough for a comedy.

[@losttango]

Kermode laughed six times. Most viewers laughed rather more, as he notes.

[@BunnyMan456]

I don't understand how this movie won over any of the well known critics that it has. This guy, Karmode, said that Superbad was a crass and depressingly foul-mouthed movie or something like that. And yet here is Bruno: next to the second Harold and Kumar, probably one of THE MOST depressingly vulgar and disgusting experiences I've ever sat through. I laughed four times and I averted my eyes for the rest of it (not joyously).Elevated garbage. And maybe it's me, but dicks aren't inherently funny:/

[@nicolajohnson1887]

He got away with it for years later though.

[@tescoskick]

i was thinking when i 1st hear this film that it will be hard for him cos eveyone knows who he is ather a big tv show and huge borat film in the usa

[@DeadCamper]

@MrJamjam87 You do know that's the oldest cliche in the book right? That is what every 11 year old brat says when they have no argument, "Well if it's so bad then do it better yourself!". No, nobody has to do anything better themselves. Everyone is free to have their opinions and critique the shit out of anything. Otherwise, if you're not a filmmaker yourself, you'll have to like every single movie you see for the rest of your life.

[@Onmysheet]

I thought it was hilarious.

[@jamchew1982]

you would think Kermode would be VERY comfortable with a certain degree of smugness

[@Goochbot]

a little less funny than borat, but still mostly great throughout. didn't like the ending but what you guna do

[@krisinsaigon]

It’s not as funny as Borat. I enjoyed it and laughed at it, but I don’t think I’d want to rewatch it, the way I could rewatch Borat

[@alphaenemy]

Never finished watching this movie, and I've been a SBC fan for at least a few years before Borat. Dreadful.

[@chrishiggins7166]

The film’s issues are the unfocused direction, the film needs more humour & the last 30 minutes becoming boring, however the film’s well acted, well characterised, well scored & stylish. (64%) (3/5 stars) (mixed to positive)

[@glitchesandglitter]

@soupie it was just not funny.

[@gregtube88]

Bruno was extremely funny on the TV, but the film both sucked and blowed simultaneously.

[@nickstoli]

Borat was great, Bruno was awful.

[@johnbattalgazi2108]

Mark Kermode laughed 6 times. How can you properly watch a comedy while noting down each thing that makes you laugh? Humour is a sense not a science.

[@WoahLookAtThatFreak]

Everything is a science, but I'm not sure what stating the number of times you laughed at a movie has to do with your distinction.

[@LAVIV007]

Maybe people shouldn't take Sasha too seriously? Maybe his films are just candid camera sort of sketches? Maybe there's no need to criticize every shit that comes to our cinema.

[@Raymint]

Everyone thought Transformers 2 was awesome - you must be seriously out of synch with society. Everyone thinks Avatar is the best Sci-Fi of the decade - you must be seriously out of synch with society. Since when wasn't it okay not to like something everyone else does? Was it when they came up with the Spiral of silence theory?

[@ra83clement]

Ali g shite as is Bruno but borat was good.