Bruno (2009)

I have to admit I had some reservations about watching this movie at first having seen my least favourite Sacha Baron Cohen creation at work in other shows, but half an hour into the movie I found myself warming to the character, but not necessarily in a gay way either.

As you would expect the first part of the film was heavily laden with dildos, latex, cocks and all sorts of paraphernalia your likely to encounter at a week-end getaway in Amsterdam but once the smeg began to
clear a bit I was able to appreciate the film for what it achieved,i.e. highlighting the gullibility, stupidity and superficiality of large sections of society.

Included in said list was a martial arts instructor being duped into demonstrating how to defend yourself against a double dildo attack,a spiritual medium sitting back quietly while Bruno simulates giving the ghost of Rob Pilatus from Milli Vanilli a blow-job, a lower class, minimally-educated audience from a trash talk show walking out in disgust at Bruno's adoption of a black child and a rabbi groaning in horror as he glimpses Bruno dressed in a cut down version of his own attire and in a demonstration of extreme intolerance, chasing him down the streets of Jerusalem to hand him a beating.

Sacha Baron Cohen has hit 'pay dirt' once more with his latest send up movie with particular reference to American society. He has demonstrated once again that their is no lengths to which he is not prepared to suffer or make the audience suffer for his art. In the words of well respected congressman Ron Paul who stormed off in horror after Bruno dropped his trousers and made a pass at him 'that guy is queer as blazes'.