Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Movie Review

This movie is actually titled, ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.’ When you look for it, you’ll find it under ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.’ Thankfully, it was trimmed down to something a bit more memorable for you.​

This crazy comedy starts out with a warning. That warning reads, ‘This film is unsuitable for children under the age of three.’ So, be careful the three-year-olds are in bed before you watch. The man behind Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen, also might have wanted to heed some warnings before making the film because situations he put himself in were quite dangerous. While making the first ‘Borat,’ he had been arrested almost one-hundred times. He didn’t learn from this because with this one, he mentioned how, on a few occasions, he felt compelled to wear a bulletproof vest! That proclamation isn’t hard to believe when you find out where he goes and who he pranks.

Speaking of his pranks, it’s hard to imagine he can still ‘get’ people, right? Well, that is the case if he’s walking around as Borat, of course. So, instead, he goes on a hunting trip for disguises. With these, he gets rather creative. While wearing a trump disguise, he goes to CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. He shouts at Vice President Mike Pence who’s on stage. Borat then gets not only screamed at, but he’s also ‘roughly grabbed by incredibly angry guards and Secret Service who don’t have a sense of humor. I’ll let you find out what happens before and after that moment by watching yourselves.

I’m sure, at this point, you’ve heard what went on with Rudy Giuliani. There is no need to say more here except that you can be the judge of what you choose to believe. Don’t worry. This review won’t give everything away. I’m only going to highlight a few moments and let you know that if you enjoy Baron Cohen’s movies, you will like this one, too. In fact, you just may love it. Primarily because of the other main character, Borat’s daughter, Tutar, played hysterically well by Maria Bakalova. It turns out that Tutar is the ‘delivery’ Borat’s trying to make. Why? Well, the leader of Kazakhstan insists that Borat make amends for turning the country into the laughingstock of the world. This time, his aim in going to America is to atone for his mistake by offering up his teenage child, who is more than happy to do as she’s told.

Having said that, much of the misogynistic high jinks centers around his trying to improve her body. Several scenes get somewhat appalling. Not unlike his previous films, you’ll witness people seem to be okay with what he’s saying and what he’s doing while thinking to yourself that they shouldn’t be. There’s also a scene where Tutar comes across a babysitter who urges her to believe in herself and not worry so much about her looks. By the way, wait until you see the book Borat gives his child! Oh, dear, that’s something else. It gets a bit uncomfortable when she shows it and talks about it at an Empowering Conservative Women seminar she attends.

As you may have expected or already seen, the movie is quite bureaucratically motivated. The laughs are significant, and the nonsense is gigantic. I feel I must say that this will not be appreciated by people with strong feelings against Roe V. Wade or people involved in Q-Anon. Baron Cohen uses this character to let his feelings on specific issues be known. There’s no denying that. But if you agree with those ideals, you’ll have a lot of fun with this movie, especially if you don’t take it too seriously. Just have fun and enjoy what this imaginative and fearless soul has to offer in the way of entertainment and what he’s willing to do to point out some hidden flaws in those around us.

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***‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ is streaming now, exclusively on Amazon Prime.