My parents love me. I know because they insisted on taking me to the cinema to watch the latest offering from Sacha Baron Cohen – Bruno to try and cheer me up.
Those unfamiliar with this talented if warped British comedian has enjoyed previous incarnations as Borat (a mock Kazakhstan journalist) and Ali G (a white black guy).
Bruno is a gay Austrian fashionista whose journey to find stardom leads him to seek peace in the middle-east, attempt to get kidnapped by Hamas – (referred to as humus throughout), and swap an i-pod for an African baby.
This is definitely not a movie that should be attended with one´s parents. It is desperately funny and on several occasions far too close to the knuckle.
Baron-Cohen attended the exclusive public (private) school Haberdashers. My Main Man Graeme was also an attendee of this bastion of snobbery and high academic standards, and despite being peers, G remembers jack shit of the Hollywood star. I hope his parents are proud of his accomplishments.
Ma (who is getting more eccentric and liberated by the year) laughs out loud throughout this roller-coaster of a film, and although Pa was close to walking out after Bruno dangles his meat and two veg in front of the camera, he can´t help but embarrassingly try to cover his chortles as the film progresses.
Aub´s One Line Review : Despite its more base moments, you gotta love it! Just don´t go with your parents.
