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  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 07/10/2009
  • Running Time: 81 mins
  • Director: Larry Charles
  • Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alice Evans, Trishelle Cannatella, Sandra Seeling, Ben Youcef, Alexander von Roon, Candice Cunningham, Tom Yi
  • Producer: Sacha Baron Cohen, Jay Roach, Dan Mazer, Monica Levinson
  • Writer: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer, Jeff Schaffer
  • Distributor: Universal Pictures
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Box Office

  1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 79.5 mil, 159.7 mil
  2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 17.7 mil, 152.0 mil
  3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 13.8 mil, 363.9 mil
  4. Bruno, 8.4 mil, 49.6 mil
  5. The Hangover, 8.3 mil, 235.9 mil
  6. The Proposal, 8.3 mil, 128.1 mil
  7. Public Enemies, 7.6 mil, 79.5 mil
  8. Up, 3.1 mil, 279.6 mil
  9. My Sister's Keeper, 2.8 mil, 41.5 mil
  10. I Love You, Beth Cooper, 2.7 mil, 10.3 mil
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Bruno

From the first disco salvo heralding Sacha Baron Cohen as Br�no�s subject, resplendent in hot canary lederhosen, to his final triumph before a rabble of wrestling fans bellowing �straight pride,� Br�no is vulgar vaudeville of the highest order. With the straight world as his straight man, Br�no�s irrepressible outr� sexuality is only the most provocative aspect of his mad exhibitionism. Br�no burlesques homophobia the way Borat did anti-Semitism, but its true subject is the nature of celebrity. Baron Cohen has predicated Br�no on the idea that Americans will do almost anything to achieve their 15 minutes of fame. To the degree that Br�no has a plot, it follows its �schwartz-listed� fashionista to Hollywood, where he hopes to become �the biggest Austrian superstar since Hitler.� Like any star, Baron Cohen resolves contradictions�he�s an open-minded bigot, an honest conman, a clever fool, and a performer whose crudeness is filled with grace. Br�no attests to the actor�s skill at verbal and physical comedy. He is a superb clown, not to mention fearless�prancing into a �God Hates Fags� demonstration and cruising a group of backwoods hunters (whom he compares to �the Sex and the City girls�). There�s a reason why the ring in the Arkansas wrestling arena is surrounded by a chain-linked, barbwire-topped fence�Baron Cohen�s gag might well have gotten him crucified. Funny as it is, Br�no could not be as shockingly uproarious as Borat. No matter how well retold, a joke necessarily loses explosive force the second time around. But a great gag is a thing of beauty forever. — J. Hoberman

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