The defence The Popcorn Loyalist
“It owes the canon nothing.”
The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.
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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Comedy · 2006
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
Movie details
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
“Come to Kazakhstan, it's nice!”
2006 Comedy 1h 24m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.4 / 10
472.9K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
89 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Larry Charles
Written by
Sacha Baron Cohen · Dan Mazer · Anthony Hines · Peter Baynham
Sacha Baron Cohen
Borat
Ken Davitian
Azamat
Luenell
Luenell
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Alex Daniels
Naked Fight Coordinator
Jim Vickers
Kidnapping Consultant
Peewee Piemonte
Saftey
Michael Li
Action Team
Court is in session
Put Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Arthouse Gremlin
“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”
It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.