[Joe 6-pack]

I see very few movies in the theater, and only go to those that come highly recommended from a trusted source. Many of my friends told me Borat would have me laughing so hard I shouldn't even bother buying popcorn. Even talk show host Larry Elder endorsed the movie, and I tend to be very simpatico with his sense of humor. I went to see the movie over Thanksgiving, and while I admit there were a handful of scenes that had me rolling, I was unimpressed. I did get the impression that he was skewering anti-Semites with some very over-the-top satire...apart from that, I left the movie highly disappointed. The movie tried to rely on the 'Russian rube lost in America,' schtick that was pioneered over 20 years ago by Yakov Smirnov...who was not only a real Russian, but pulled it off a thousand times better than Borat/Cohen...

"I LOVE this country!"

[The_Media_never_lie]

Agreed. What ever happened to Yakov Smirnov? Did he become Americanized?

[Quilla]

I see very few movies in the theater, and only go to those that come highly recommended from a trusted source.

Same here. However, Charles Krauthammer is solely responsible for the two hours I wasted on Sideways.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

"Many of my friends told me Borat would have me laughing so hard I shouldn't even bother buying popcorn."

In Soviet Russia, movie watch you!