I don't get why this has an average rating that is so much lower than Borat. In terms of political commentary, pacing, music, cinematography, and premise, both are nearly the same. Is it because he's gay? I mean I'm gay and I know that a lot of other gay people found this funny. The political commentary in Borat was more about race but people got less offended I guess? I don't understand why this movie has such a low rating.I'd recommend this movie. I didn't laugh quite as much as I did watching Borat, but it was still absolutely hilarious, and a lot of fun. If you enjoy a lot of crude humor, then you'll like this one. And if you haven't seen Borat either, then watch that too.

I'm not disliking this because of, god forbid, the vile evil homophobia, but because it was just awfully unfunny and poorly done.

Sacha Baron Cohen, who shocked the world with his outrageous 2006 mockumentary Borat, exposes even more intolerance, small-mindedness, bigotry and sheer stupidity via another of his outrageous alter egos, flamboyant gay Austrian fashionista Brüno, who travels to the US to find fame and fortune, accompanied by his devoted ex-assistant's assistant, Lutz (Gustaf Hammarsten).Like Borat, Brüno consists of a series of interviews with luminaries of the political, sporting and entertainment world, each designed to catch its subject off guard; these are linked by scripted interludes to help drive the movie's narrative. If Cohen is to believed, none of the interviews or encounters with real people were staged, which makes for some toe-curlingly uncomfortable yet extremely funny viewing.Brüno tries to seduce an ex-presidential candidate, riles a group of hunters with his talk of hot guys, sings a song of peace to help Israeli and Palestinian relations, upsets a group of swingers, taunts a middle-east terrorist, performs fellatio on the spirit of Milli (from Milli Vanilli) in front of a bemused medium, and gets fruity with Lutz in front of a baying, homophobic UFC crowd, all of which is side-splitting stuff. Of the scripted material, Brüno's sex scene with his pygmy lover and a gratuitous full-screen shot of a penis whanging around are hard to top in terms of outrageousness.Quite how Cohen managed to pull off his crazy stunts without being beaten up, lynched or shot, I will never know, but I'm glad he did: he's one of the most daring and funniest comic actors alive, in my opinion—it would be nice to keep him that way.

Sacha Baron Cohen picks up where he left off with Borat, and started with Da Ali G Show. Outrageous over-the-top humour, a mixture of ambush interviews and genuine skits. It's often very hard to figure out who is in on the joke and who is being ambushed!Screamingly funny at times, but not as good as Borat. Having seen both Ali G series, the Ali G movie, Borat and now Bruno, and loved all of them, the shock value is wearing off. Though several scenes were fairly outrageous, Borat was more shocking. With the public becoming more desensitized to his style of comedy, Sacha Baron Cohen will have to change his modus operandi soon.