BRUNO: Sacha Baron Cohen's genius lives on

BRUNO: Sacha Baron Cohen's genius lives on

Sacha Baron Cohen's new film, 'Bruno,' premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas this past week.  Anyone stupid enough to get fooled this often by the brilliant Cohen deserves the public humiliation this film should bring.  If you were nervous whether the follow-up to Borat could live up to the hype, the following reviews should alleviate your fear:
"A jaw-on-the-floor wow. Sacha Baron Cohen has done it again, delivering another WMD slam dunk of hysterically subversive mocku-comedy. The film's take-no-prisoners approach was breathlessly funny, but no doubt some will ask: Has Sacha Baron Cohen gone too far?" -- MTV
"To the say the material was funny is a laughable insult itself. This brief look at Bruno quite possibly promises a more raucous laugh than Borat, which is no small feat. It may just redefine outrageous and will probably outdo Borat." -- First Showing
"It was hilarious, envelope-pushing as always, but with Cohen's talent to layer it with some real hard looks at who we are as a people and a commentary on how people really act." -- AICN
"What we saw was brilliant. I can’t wait to see the rest." -- Cinematical
"You'll laugh and groan in all the right places, but it will never not feel familiar. It's funny deja vu, but it's still deja vu." -- Hollywood Reporter
"If you're a 'Borat' fan and were worried that Cohen had lost the anonymity necessary to dupe stereotypical Americans with humorous results, rest assured 'Bruno' is hilarious." -- FSR
"While the screening was funny and surprising, it did not pack quite the same punch as one’s first exposure to 'Borat'. So far, these 'Bruno' scenes lacked the truly subversive bite that made 'Borat' both outrageous and thoughtful, playing it safe rather than really pushing the limit." -- Los Angeles Times