Variety's Peter Debruge calls BoratSubsequentMoviefilm 'a staggering act of comedic revolt with built-in viral potential'
, plus boundary-pushing bits involving abortion counseling, right-wing conspiracy theories and a Ku Klux Klan cameo at a CPAC event, “Borat 2” finds the fearless comedian taking indirect aim at America’s “magnificent new premier,” McDonald Trump.
But that’s not the only challenge Baron Cohen faces going into the project: How do you dupe Americans when so many of them are in on the joke? To the extent that the comedian’s strategy depends on punking people while in character, will that work now that Borat is a widely recognized comic star? Turns out, if you lose the character’s trademark gray suit, one can get away with an awful lot — and more still if there are producers working behind the scenes to grease the wheels with donations .
At first, Borat’s goal is to present Johnny the Monkey to “No. 1 ladies’ man” Mikhael Pence. Failing that, Borat decides to offer his 15-year-old daughter Tutar as a child bride, which vaguely explains what Baron Cohen was doing crashing the Conservative Political Action Conference in full-body Trump disguise earlier this year. For the most part, the filmmakers have done an amazing job of keeping the lid on the sequel’s biggest surprises, and it would be a shame to spoil them here.
In some scenes, as with a Republican women’s meeting, one wishes the filmmakers had come up with a more effective plan than simply trying to embarrass a room full of conservatives.
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