Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen), Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man—a leading journalist from the state-run TV network—makes a journey to learn about American life. Accompanied by his obese producer, Borat chases unsuspecting New Yorkers on the subway and streets for kisses—the traditional greeting in his homeland. Plans for the documentary change when Borat encounters—on a late night rerun—his true love, CJ Parker, the character played by Pamela Anderson on TV's "Baywatch." Planning to marry this goddess Kazakhstani style (which involves a burlap bag), he tricks his producer into traveling to Los Angeles. They rip across America in an ice-cream truck, leaving behind a wake of freaky and explicit mayhem.

One of the funny side-stories to come from the release of Borat is that nearly everyone in the film is trying to sue even though they all had to sign disclaimers before being in the movie with they thought to be a real documentary. So what is the reason for them wanting to sue the movie despite monetary gain of course and that is because for the most part they make complete and utter jackasses out of themselves. That is the beauty of the movie, while some or a good part of the movie was probably staged; the rest of the movie was not, meaning that these people’s responses and actions were real which is what makes it so funny. In our modern day America where everyone is so afraid to step on each other’s toes and everything has to be so politically correct Borat is the exact opposite of this and he pushes the boundaries of common decency to the very extreme. When asked what would be the best gun to kill Jews with, the shop owner does even pause before answering a glock or 9mm. It’s not funny that Borat is thinking of killing Jews its that the shop owner so nonchalantly answered his question straight up. I mean if we can't laugh at ourselves whom can we laugh at then.

Would I say at times that Sacha Cohen pushed it to far, no I actually think he didn’t push it far enough at times. I for one thing that most of America is plain crazy for all the stupid political correctness idiocy. In the middle of a rodeo Borat gets a red state crowd to cheer for brutalizing and killing all Muslims in Bush’s war on terror and if that doesn’t scare you I don’t know what will. The movie shows that despite all the PC talk and all the idealism that we are a nation of superior intellect that if thrust into the right situations are true natures come out and the movie does this in one scene of hilarity after another. And like the cultish This is Spinal Tap the movie makes you laugh and delight in its mocumentary ways as Borat breaks down one barrier after another. I have to admit at times my sides hurt from laughing so hard as did the rest of the theatres.

I saw Da Ali G movie awhile back and I didn’t really think it was that funny as it kind of had this dry English humor making fun of the whole west coast gangsta nonsense. But I did appreciate Sacha Baron Cohen who had really good comedic timing and seemed to understand very well what he was mocking. After seeing Borat I would say that Sacha Baron Cohen is one of the better comedians of our generation. Why, is that? It is because of how fully he imburses himself into his characters, he is Borat he Ali G and that is why he is able to so fully fool most of the people he wants to get into his movie. Heck, he convinced a southern news station to have them on their morning show, how much more convincing can you get. Borat while non-PC and very over the edge is hilarious and a great commentary on our times.

Grade: A