Feeling like this season’s “Napoleon Dynamite” and at only 84 minutes long, you’ll immediately wonder if “Borat” is the funniest movie you’ve ever seen or just the most outrageous? The answer is both. The Borat character was invented by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who often provokes, offends and embarrasses, all for fun, even when his victims are Jews. The movie opens with him narrating in the center of his village – some generic country that sounds like Afghanistan meets Pakistan – where he portrays a television anchor, who decides to visit America in order to make a documentary. Reminiscent of Andy Kaufman in “Taxi” Borat couples innocence with deadpan humor, as he tries to understand daily life occurrences that Americans take for granted. But it’s when Borat is in his hotel room flicking through the many cable stations, that he falls in love with Pamela Anderson from an old “Baywatch’ rerun. Destined to make her his bride, Borat travels across America to Hollywood in hopes of finding her. Of course the film is about the roadtrip along the way. Cohen’s portrayed many characters including last summer’s French race car-driver in Will Farrell’s “Talladega Nights.” But it’s his Ali G character that has so far brought him the most acclaim. Until now, anyway. Four tiaras
