Brüno
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Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
What critics thought
Brüno lands somewhere between provocation and laziness depending on who you ask. Fans of Sacha Baron Cohen's ambush-comedy style found it funnier and more outrageous than Borat, with real gut-punch moments exposing American homophobia. But a significant strand of critics argued the film undermines its own satirical premise — that lampooning bigotry tips into recycling the very stereotypes it claims to skewer, leaving gay audiences as the butt of the joke rather than the point of it.
“lampooning homophobia has become an acceptable, almost unavoidable form of homophobic humor”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
DirectorLarry Charles
StarringSacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Josh Meyers, Toby Holguin
ComposerErran Baron Cohen
Brüno
Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
What critics thought
Brüno lands somewhere between provocation and laziness depending on who you ask. Fans of Sacha Baron Cohen's ambush-comedy style found it funnier and more outrageous than Borat, with real gut-punch moments exposing American homophobia. But a significant strand of critics argued the film undermines its own satirical premise — that lampooning bigotry tips into recycling the very stereotypes it claims to skewer, leaving gay audiences as the butt of the joke rather than the point of it.
“lampooning homophobia has become an acceptable, almost unavoidable form of homophobic humor”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
DirectorLarry Charles
StarringSacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Josh Meyers, Toby Holguin
ComposerErran Baron Cohen
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