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After humiliating Kazakhstan with his first movie, Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) is released from a gulag and given a new assignment in the U.S.; his 15-year-old daughter (Maria Bakalova) comes along for the ride. The sequel to the outrageous 2006 Borat has the same satirical targets, even if Bush has been replaced with Trump. The COVID-19 crisis becomes a part of the story, but we’ve been down this road before. Bakalova is terrific, but it isn’t funny enough and the Rudy Giuliani set-up is an incredibly weak ”reveal”.

2020-U.S. VOD. 95 min. Color. Directed by Jason Woliner. Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern. Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Sagdiyev), Maria Bakalova (Tutar Sagdiyev), Dani Popescu (Nursultan Nazarbayev). Cameo: Tom Hanks.

Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Actor (Baron Cohen). Razzies: Worst Supporting Actor (Giuliani), Screen Combo (Giuliani and his pants zipper).

Trivia: Full title: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

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