Directed by Jason Woliner
Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova and Rudy Guliani
Running Time: 1 Hour and 35 Minutes
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, and language

by Ian Hrabe

As if 2020 couldn’t get any more absurd, Sacha Baron Cohen has dusted off his Borat suit and mustache and delivered another satiric send-up of American culture just in time for the election. It has been 14 years since Borat won over American hearts and minds--the film that launched 1000 MY WIIIIFE impressions throughout the frat houses of America--and it’s hard to even fathom 2006 at this point in American life. It was an America where George W. Bush was a war criminal and the worst president the country had ever seen and, faced with Donald Trump and the GOP, Bush now seems like a toothless puppy in comparison. It’s fertile ground for Cohen’s brand of absurdist satire and, though Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is a clunky affair, it’s comforting to have a film that directly addresses and lampoons the political agita of the moment and the pandemic.