Articles Tagged “Larry Charles”

  • Brüno

    by Kevin Powers on Jul 10, 2009 | View Comments">View Comments

    What exactly is the expected reaction to watching a gay man mime blowing a ghost? Part of it might depend on the technique or the ghost — one half of Milli Vanilli, for instance — but it’s safe to say that either you find that sort of thing amusing or you don’t. There are small gradations on either end of the reactionary spectrum, but very little middle ground. That’s the test you should use in deciding whether to see Brüno this weekend, Sacha Baron Cohen‘s follow up to his 2006 hit, Borat. Don’t try to trick yourself into thinking it’s not that shocking, because giving an apparition oral — talk about ectoplasm — is one of Brüno’s lesser offenses. Cohen’s new film, which traces Brüno’s journey to be “the most famous Austrian since Hitler” and “the gayest since Schwarzenegger,” surpasses his landmark Borat by trading guffaws for dropped jaws. Cohen’s disruptive, guerrilla anthropology will have you out of your seat, either laughing hysterically or leaving the theater.

    Posted in 2009 Reviews