'Bruno'

"Vat's up, it's Brunnnooo!' Sacha Baron Cohen's absurdly flamboyantly gay character is back for his own 80 something minute full feature film. In the beginning, Cohen created a TV show based on his ability to interview high profile people under the guise of three distinctly different characters. "The Ali G Show" featured Ali G, the white, wannabe British gangsta that hosts a TV show for inner city youth. Borat was the reporter from Kazakstan, bringing unruly customs in his quest to learn about America. And finally Bruno, the gay Austrian host of a fashion show. As you can imagine, the show was insanely funny, mostly because Cohen had the ability to play each of these characters as well as the next, and manage to land big names who unwittingly played right into Cohen's mockery of them. Playing off the success of the show, Cohen created a feature length film about Borat. The film made a ton of movie, but obviously came with some controversy. Now playing off the success of Borat, Cohen brings Bruno to the big screen.

After ruining a fashion week catwalk in Milan (he wore a velcro suit and fell into all the models), Bruno's Austrian TV show is canceled. He decides to head for the United States to become a huge star. Along the way, he comes up with all sorts of ploys, from adopting an African baby to heading to the Middle East to mediate peace talks. In between, ridiculousness ensues, much like it does in "Borat."

The problem, though, is that this film isn't executed as well as "Borat" or the TV show (which is the best of all three, in my opinion). His accent and dress up is overdone, as is the acting. He is so flamboyantly gay that is doesn't bring up gay stereotypes in a logical manner, but rather perpetuates them. If his goal was to help gay rights, he didn't. Rather, he makes people angry by acting too crazy.

There are a lot of funny parts, but an equally amount that are just too over-the-top. I think the show was much better than this movie and "Borat" too, just because it was simpler then. He was more subtle, while this time he is in your face, non-stop, which becomes overwhelming for the viewer and the mocked person in the film. If you like these kinds of movies, I'd recommend the show over this. But check it out and let me know what you think.

5 stars out of 10