Rolling Stone
"The satire is scaldingly funny and shockingly on target." 09/07/2006 p.122Entertainment Weekly
"[A] specimen of satirical brilliance so fearless and liberatingly offensive that it ought to be included in every high school syllabus pertaining to (a) multicultural sensitivity and (b) the craft of socially relevant comedy." 09/29/2006 p.56 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[Baron Cohen] has never been one for mere pranks or easy giggles -- his comedy here, as ever, being textured, intelligent and deeply political." 12/01/2006 p.38 Box Office
"Suggesting some of the maniacal skill of Peter Sellers, Cohen so deeply inhabits the character of Borat that all traces of the actor disappear." 11/01/2006 p.98 Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 4 -- "BORAT will make you laugh till it hurts, and you'll still beg for more...Cohen makes prime slapstick out of all the silliness..." 11/20/2006 p.134 Entertainment Weekly
"[T]he effect is to leave an audience convulsed, and unsettled, with laughter....A kind of slapstick, psycho-political JACKASS..." -- Grade: A- 11/10/2006 p.54 New York Times
"The brilliance of BORAT is that its comedy is as pitiless as its social satire, and as brainy." 11/03/2006 p.E17 Rolling Stone
Ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2006." 12/28/2006 p.118 Entertainment Weekly
Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "BORAT is nothing less than brilliant avant-garde political art..." 12/29/2006 102 Film Comment
Ranked #6 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006." 01/01/2007 p.36 Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "[Cohen] has the brilliant knack of immersing himself in a persona and manipulating those around him without appearing malicious." 05/01/2007 p.93 | 
