“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”

There have been few documentaries before that exemplify a foreigner’s journey through Americana like this. Borat Sadgiyev (an agent of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Tourism) goes through a journey much in the same way that Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” explored America during the late 1950's.

Borat’s movie begins in Kazakhstan. In Borat’s hometown, he gives us a glimpse of his people, like his nationally acclaimed sister, or his neighbour, or the town rapist. The artistry used in his film is more telling than was used in even “The Marathon Family.”

Though a good deal of Borat’s actions can be lost in translation, I believe that the underlying theme of brotherhood is truly felt throughout the movie. Some may say that it is ridiculous for a man to travel across the United States with only a camera crew, a producer, and a bear, in a used ice cream truck, for the purpose of befriending Pamela Anderson. What do they know?

“Borat” his been number one in the box offices for the last two weeks. I can attribute this to its only competitor “The Santa Clause 3"; which is just the out-takes of the first two movies due to the death of Tim Allen last year.

I believe “Borat” is the most educational film since “The Inconvenient Truth.”
4 stars