Sacha Baron CohenBruno [DVD]

Funny & a good watch

13 hr flight from Shanghai to Heathrow, I thought I'd choose Bruno from the menu of films to watch on my personal screen. Trouble is when it started there was plenty of Willies and "bottom action" and I was looking sideways at the elderly gentleman on my right to make sure he wasn't looking at my screen. It's not smomething you'd want to watch with your parents or any elderly person.However, it's hilarious. I tried so hard not to laugh out loud because I didn't want the old man to divert his attention to my screen. In the end I tried so hard not to laugh that I started making snorting noises and tears wre coming down my face. It is VERY funny and yes, in parts he does go a bit far with the "sausage jockey" antics. The bit where he asks the mother of an aspiring baby actor whether she would be able to reduce the baby's weight from 30kg to 20kg for the shoot. She agreed and then he asked whether she would be prepared for the baby to have lipo-suction if she had not achieved this weight loss "If that's what it takes, yes" She said. Unebelievable and that's why it's worth watching.

This film has been out on DVD for a while now, so most of what's to say about it has already been said, but even so, I thought I'd share my comments.I've had this DVD since it was first released, but didn't get around to watching it until last night, having been hesitant after hearing mixed reviews. But with nothing better to do last night, I stuck it on...First off, I'll agree with the many that the film is nowhere near as good as the truly excellent 'Borat' before it. Of course, with 'Borat' we'd already seen just how far Baron Cohen was prepared to go and what to expect, but even so, if 'Bruno' had come before 'Borat', I still think that 'Borat' would be the far better of the two.But that's not to say 'Bruno' is no good. As with the Beatles' lesser songs still being good songs, lesser Sacha Baron Cohen is still good Cohen.One of my main problems was that I found it quite hard to actually warm to Bruno the character. For all of Borat's "eccentricities", he is for the most part a lovable character, whereas Bruno, I didn't totally care for.There are some truly great moments, though for me - even though they clearly tried to be even more "extreme" - didn't quite match the giddying heights on 'Bruno'. At points, it almost felt as if they were trying too hard. And while there are some excellent moments of spontaneity with unwitting 'victims', much of 'Bruno' feels to be too staged for my liking. Somehow I was just expecting more from the whole thing.Well, that's the bad out of the way, but there is good - as I say, some really good moments that will have you laughing out loud. I also like the overall structure of the story, and how it develops and wraps up at the end.Some of the things they dared do are breathtaking - none more so than the whole terrorist segment (without giving too much away).The DVD extras include alternative / extended / deleted scenes, some of which are better than others, and a commentary track, which I haven't listened to yet.This film is certainly not for you are easily shocked. If you haven't seen 'Borat', I'd definitely recommend to buy that DVD first. But if you liked 'Borat' and want more, 'Bruno', while far from perfect, at least delivers some decent laughs. For all I've said against it, I still enjoyed it enough to give it a reasonable 4/5.

One of the worst films I have ever watched, found it boring and predictable from start to finish!

Having been wating for this for some months, I was really looking forward to watching it with a beer or three and having a great laugh. I was laughing in the first 30 minutes, but realised that this was more in the expectation that is was funnny, rather than it actually being funny. It was a real disappointment, playing so predicatably on the basic pretext on which Borat was made. A real shame.

This is the funniest film that I have ever seen, and the most I have laughed for a long, long time.It is not going to be to everyone's taste, if you are easily offended, don't bother. However, if you liked Borat and did not find it too offensive you should like this. Like Borat it has a number of set pieces that hilariously sends up the beliefs of unwitting memebers of the community.What I liked about this film is how it poked fun at homophobic attitudes in such a brilliant and clever way. There were some critics that complained that Bruno perpetuated a negative stereotype. However, I would like to think that most intelligent people would recognise that Bruno is a comic creation that plays on people's stereotyped expectations rather than tries to advance these views. I was put off watching this film for a long time by reviews that compared it unfavourably with Borat. I should have known better, Bruno is the work of a comic genius and this is actually better that Borat.Check out if you like:Borat, Spinal Tap, Knocked up, anything with Alan Partridge, The Office.

Adult humour and funny. An acquired taste though.

Great film

J ai vu ce film sur Prime j ai ri à M en décrocher la mâchoire. Du coup je l ai acheté.

Il genio di Ssacha Baron Cohen colpisce le ipocrisie della nostra società.Ho acquistato la versione in inglese, si coglie meglio la comicità molto sottile dell’autore.Non lo consiglio a coloro che se la prendono facilmente, che non capiscono ironia e sarcasmo e che sono fideisti o di certe idee politiche: potreste offendervi.Per chi sa mettersi in gioco, fa riflettere. E poi, fa anche morire dal ridere e ci svela per quello che siamo: nonostante tutto, abbiamo un fondo oscuro, che viene portato a galla quando ridiamo a certe battute ed è ciò che deve farci riflettere.W Funkyzeit mit Brüno!

O lo ami o lo odi..non ci sono vie di mezzo..S.B. Cohen è andato oltreIo non ho ancora capito se è un film una serie di candid camera o se più semplicemente un pazzo scatenato che non gliene frega niente di niente e nessuno...fantasticoGeniale

Hauptdarsteller Sacha Baron Cohen (u.a. "Ali G ... in da House", "Borat") ist wirklich ein Ausnahmetalent. Nachdem er mit "Borat" schon, - dh. für manche, hart an der Grenze des guten Geschmacks vorbeischrammte, legte er nun mit "Brüno" noch eins drauf.Ursprünglich schlicht Bruno, das betonte Ü kann ich mir nur als Form der Anspielung auf z.B. Harald Glö[ö]ckler - Pompöös irgendwie erklären !?Zur Handlung: Brüno ist ein 19 - jähriger, österreichischer und stockschwuler Modenarr. Er ist Reporter der angesagten Fashionschow "Funkyzeit".Nachdem er mit einem exklusiv für ihn angefertigten Outfit, komplett aus Klettband während einer Modenschau für reichlich Verwirrung sorgt, wird er "schwarzgelistet" - ist out, wird abgefertigt und verliert seinen Job.Zutiefst enttäuscht von der oberflächlichen Lifestyle - Szene beschließt er kurzerhand, nach Amerika zu gehen und dort ein großer Star zu werden. Sein Partner verläßt ihn. Der einzige, der überhaupt noch zu ihm hält, ist sein neuer Assistent Lutz. In den USA angekommen, muß Bruno aber feststellen, das seine Art hier wenig toleriert wird.Dennoch läßt er sich nicht unterkriegen und versucht alles, um sein Ziel zu erreichen.Wenn palästinensische Terroristen damit brüskiert werden, das ihnen gesagt wird: "euer König Osama sieht doch aus wie ein versiffter Weinachtsmann ... oder ein durchgeknallter Zauberer".Wenn in einer Kleidung gewordenen Parodie auf den traditionellen Kaftan vor streng orthodoxen Juden in Israel herumgetänzelt wird (was, siehe Kommentar, lebensgefährlich war !).Wenn mit "echten" Männern gemeinsam zur Armee oder zum jagen gegangen wird, diese dabei allerdings komplett mit für jeden Hetero peinlichen Momenten extrem provoziert werden.Wenn während einer "normalen" Swingerparty z.B. eine Frau dermaßen zur Weißglut gebracht wird, das sie schließlich wild um sich prügelt ... sodaß nur noch ein Sprung aus dem Fenster die Rettung verspricht.Wenn vor einem Tarot - Kartenleger, der angeblich die Verbindung ins Jenseits herstellt zwecks Konsultation mit Rob Pilatus, ex - Mitglied von Milli Vanilli zur Karierreberatung, von Bruno hier erstmal öffentlich pantomimischer Oralsex praktiziert wird.Wem das allein schon nur in der Vorstellungskraft zum schmunzeln bringt, tja, - der wird hier garantiert (!) ablachen können.Ausleih, - Kauftip (DVD hat noch über 100 Min. Bonusmaterial).

Après m'avoir fais pleuré de rire dans Borat voilà que Sacha Baron Cohen reviens dans un nouveaux personnage du nom de Bruno, un homosexuel autrichien vedette dans son pays qui decide de partir au états-unis pour se faire connettre mondialement...Avec se nouveaux personnage Sacha Baron Cohen dénonce les dérives extrémistes en tous genres de la société américaine a travers des interviews ou des situations insolites...Si vous pensié qu'après Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen ne pouvait pas allé plus loin dans se qu'il osait faire, attendé plutot d'avoir vu Bruno!!!