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Reviews Point Out Bruno Flaws
By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Universal Pictures
Bruno
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Reviews Arrive for Bruno
With it's release to theaters coming this Friday, reviews for Bruno have been surfacing left and right. So far the film has remained fresh over at RT, but we'd be turning a blind eye if did not point out that even the positive reviews suggest some early flaws.
Take a gander below:
Variety
There are 61 laughs, three dildos, one gyrating, talking penis, an anal bleaching and one very pissed-off politician in "Bruno," which should be enough to make any movie fly. But there is also a pronounced nasty streak to the innumerable provocations staged by the title character that curdles the laughs and wears out the flamboyant Austrian fashionista's welcome within the picture's brief 82-minute running time. Undeniably funny, outrageous and boundary-pushing, this further documentation of Sacha Baron Cohen's sheer nerve will draw an abundant share of "Borat" fans, gross-out seekers and the culturally curious, making for some potent B.O. figures, at least at first. But the content will turn off some (no doubt including some gays), as will the sourness and ill will triggered by the picture's cumulative misanthropy.
Hollywood Reporter
Unfair to be sure, but because everyone is going to compare Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno" to his insanely funny "Borat," let's be honest: While pushing the PC envelope in new and imaginative ways as well as the MPAA's R rating, especially insofar as the male member is concerned, "Bruno" is only intermittently funny and all too often the "ambushes" of celebrities and civilians look staged. The movie is even a tad -- dare we say it? -- tedious.
Bruno's adopted African baby paraded before a black audience is not funny. It's embarrassing, as is any joke that bombs, yet the comic keeps going back to it nevertheless.
I for one didn't necessarily get the whole use of the black baby either. I thought the primary topic here was the gay issue. Everything else I've seen, however, I'm game for.
Check out the full reviews for Bruno by clicking the bold links above.
Bruno opens to theaters on July 10th.
For the trailers, clips, posters and more movie info, go to the Bruno Movie Page.
Ryan Parsons
Sources: Image property of Universal Pictures
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