Synopsis
Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
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Cast
- Sacha Baron CohenBrüno
- Gustaf HammarstenLutz
- Clifford BañagaleDiesel
- Josh MeyersKookus
- Toby HolguinMexican Gardener #1
- Robert HuertaMexican Gardener #2
- Gilbert RosalesMexican Gardener #3
- Thomas Rosales Jr.Mexican Gardener #4
- Marco XavierMexican Gardener #5
- BonoSelf - 'Dove of Peace'
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
The movie is a toxic dart aimed at the spangly new heart of American hypocrisy: our fake-tolerant, fake-charitable, fake-liberated-yet-still madly-closeted fame culture. - 88
Rolling Stone
You'll hoot and holler as it strips down its targets and sticks it to them, hardcore. Baron Cohen is the pure, untamed id of movie comedy. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
A no-holds-barred comedy permitting several holds I had not dreamed of. The needle on my internal Laugh Meter went haywire, bouncing among hilarity, appreciation, shock, admiration, disgust, disbelief and appalled incredulity. - 80
Village Voice
Funny as it is, Brüno 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--so, too, a comic performance. - 75
New York Post
Probably more gut-bustingly funny than anything else out there right now. - 75
ReelViews
It's hard to deny that Brüno succeeds in being both outrageous and outrageously funny, and it's hard to damn a comedy, regardless of its faults, for those qualities. - 70
Variety
Undeniably funny, outrageous and boundary-pushing, this further documentation of Sacha Baron Cohen's sheer nerve will draw an abundant share of "Borat" fans. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Is Brüno riotous? Yes, more so than "Borat," in which Baron Cohen's targets were ducks in a barrel and largely undeserving of ridicule. He doesn't aim much higher here, but his tricks are more inventive.
