If any audience members out there have a problem with Brüno it will most likely be because of how offensive it so very often tries to be. I'm not taking away from just how shocking this film is at times, with ( I imagine) only a few black squares blocking certain visuals allowing it to be shown in most cinemas. I lost count of the amount of times I thought to myself, "How in the world did Cohen even get away with this stuff?" So if shock-comedy is you're thing, Brüno will be absolute comedy heaven for you. But the problem I had with it is I just didn't find it very funny, with only a few of the most shocking scenes making me laugh.
What I want to know is what happened, Mr. Cohen? Why the need to shock and provide nothing else? Why so lazy? Borat was a great character, and a hilarious film, but Brüno is a major step down in every way except for the shock factor. That kind of thing is fine to a point, but when that's all you've got, it gets tiresome. It appears that success of Borat has went to Cohen's head, and all he cares about is getting jaw's to drop to the floor... by any means necessary.
What a disappointment.
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