Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 473K votes

Rotten Tomatoes90%

Metacritic89%

TMDb6.786/10· 6K votes

With 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 89/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.

Cast of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

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  Sacha Baron Cohen

  as Borat

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  Ken Davitian

  as Azamat

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  Luenell

  as Luenell

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  Alex Daniels

  as Naked Fight Coordinator

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  Jim Vickers

  as Kidnapping Consultant

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  Peewee Piemonte

  as Saftey

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  Michael Li

  as Action Team

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  Harry Wowchuk

  as Action Team

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  Nicole Randall

  as Action Team

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  Pamela Anderson

  as Pamela Anderson (uncredited)

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  Bob Barr

  as Bob Barr (uncredited)

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  Alan Keyes

  as Alan Keyes (uncredited)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan facts

Budget

$18M

Box office

$262.6M

Collection

Borat Moviefilms Collection

Our take on Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Larry Charles's 2006 comedy follows Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakh journalist who crosses America ostensibly to make a documentary, colliding with real people in unscripted situations. His clueless, provocative behavior draws out genuine reactions, using the mock-travelogue format to expose prejudice and hypocrisy beneath everyday American life. The humor is deliberately crude and confrontational, mixing scripted stunts with candid-camera ambushes, and it thrives on discomfort as much as laughs. Viewers who appreciate boundary-pushing satire and improvised social experiments will find it sharp and often startling; those put off by gross-out gags, awkwardness or offensive personas should steer clear. It is a divisive film that knows exactly what it is doing.