Review of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) by Huw G — 22 Feb 2014

Insightful, but frequently brutish and uncomfortable.

This review of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) was written by Huw G on 22 Feb 2014.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has generally received very positive reviews.

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