Every few years a film comes out that is truly revolutionary for its genre. In 2006 I believe Borat did that for comedy, raising the bar for every comedy following.heard Sacha Baron was bringing his third and final character from "Da Ali G Show" Bruno to the big screen. I was very excited.Going into the theater I had the mindset of "could it be better than Borat?" knowing either way I would not be let down.
The film starts off and even manages to make the Universal slogan comical, good start. A brief history of Bruno opens the movie, and it has a few funny moments. From there it gradually gets funnier but more so outrageous. Like in Borat there are scenes that are so disgusting that you ask "why am I laughing!?" but you cannot stop laughing.
The first leg of the movie is the best, some scenes following did seem to drag on and jokes were killed. Certain scenes were copied and pasted directly from "Da Ali G Show" which is fine if you are not familiar with the material. Bruno relied heavily on scripting and shock value instead of dialog.
Bruno may have not been on par with Borat, but he never has been. The movie met all my expectations and I have not laughed harder in a movie since Borat, and considering comedy is nearly a dead genre I highly recommend it.
***1/2 out of 5
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