The funniest thing about Borat may be its full title: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. But the movie itself is often hilarious, though it's so relentlessly over the top that it wears itself out. Borat creator/alter ego Sacha Baron Cohen takes his character, a cluelessly racist and sexist reporter from Kazakhstan, out from… read more!
Movies Directed by Larry Charles (in alphabetical order)
Brüno
After becoming a household name in the United States thanks to his 2006 feature Borat, British prankster Sacha Baron Cohen revives the third of his staple characters from his old Da Ali G Show – a flamingly gay idiot from Austria named Brüno – and sets him loose across the American landscape. The results are similar to Borat (Larry Charles directed both… read more!
Religulous
Borat director Larry Charles goes on the road again with another flippant provocateur, TV talk show host Bill Maher. This pseudo-documentary's premise is as simplistic as its targets: atheist Maher confronts an array of religious hucksters around the world to underscore his belief that all religion is a sham. Speaking as an atheist myself, I found the film too obviously… read more!