Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (DVD, 2007, Anamorphic Widescreen)

To call Borat Sagdiyev "clueless" is a grand understatement.
Sacha Baron-Cohen's fictional Kazakh journalist, Borat, is a hillbilly from a remote, busted-down Soviet-Era backwater town, making his way around the USA, with an armload of ridiculous superstitions and misinformation (and a jar of gypsy tears "for protection").
He lays out his racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic misconceptions for anybody unfortunate enough to be bushwhacked by him., and the results are unfathomably hilarious.
Along with furry, 5'2", 300-pound producer Azamat Bagatov (Ken Davitian), they embark on a journey to find Borat's love interest, Pamela Anderson Lee (Borat's Baywatch LOVE), and find all sorts of adventures in American culture along the way.
His appearance at a rodeo in Roanoke, Virginia, doesn't end well, to say the least. Neither do his visits to a humor coach, social-etiquette experts, an antique store, an RV full of South Carolina frat boys, a suburban-Midwest yard sale, a session with former Congressman Bob Barr., and a stop in a rural ghetto housing project where he seeks lessons on "being down".
Through it all, Borat's guileless naiveté unleashes on 100% unsuspecting victims who never realized their run-ins with "Borat" were staged for a movie. Therein, lies the pulsing heart of the true genius.
Cohen, as Borat, is passing himself off as a Russian Immigrant trying to learn American Culture., and is catching people's reactions, uncomfortable patience, or lack thereof on film. Real people who weren't prepared or asked. (This also has resulted in over 200 lawsuits filed against Cohen from many people who now realize they were duped, and also spurned over 100 calls to local Police Departments across the USA., from people offended by "Borat" in real life - this is supplied in the "Special Features" on the DVD. Even when the Police repeatedly arrive., ciy-after-city, state-after-state., Cohen never leaves character., and therein captures the Police's candid handlings hilariously too !!).
Borat goes on in the film., pursuing California to marry "PAH-Mella" (Pamela Anderson)., stopping to ask a gun dealer about "the best gun to shoot a Jew", debating with poker-faced feminists about the size of women's brains, ("like squirrel"), asking his driving instructor if he can "Make Sexy-Time" with a woman in a nearby car. And then there's a candid - RAW - naked fight between Borat and Azamat., in reality camera-action-style through a luxurious hotel lobby and Corporate Conference Hall packed with unsuspecting executives !!
Hell, he's funny enough even when he's not saying anything, with his gangly, clumsy body language, ill-fitting suit (which was reportedly not ever cleaned during the making of the movie), bushy moustache, and toothy grin.
Borat tracks down Pamela Anderson at a Califonia autograph-signing., where even she hasn't been informed of the dupe. Borat asks her to marry him, to which she refuses, (awkwardly looking for Security to remove him)., and he attacks her. Trying to bag her into a potato-like sack.
Result: a subsequent real-life melee., leaving Pam Anderson running through parking lot to flee and Police arresting "Borat". (Later, let in on the gag that "It's Just A Movie Stunt", Cohen was released and Pam Anderson even enjoyed the laugh.)
The fact that this film was immediately banned in the actual country of Kazakhstan almost right away., fuels the hilarity flame even more.
"BORAT" = 5 Stars !! Cohen = GENIUS

As I said, I kept hearing about this movie all over the television, magazines, ect. I decided that I had better see the movie to see what was so special about it.... To be bluntly honest, I still don't know. I love a good comedy and can even laugh at the expense of others at times during movies. But this movies was over the top and at times, just plain crude.
As for the pros to this movie, I could not find a one.
As for the cons: The movie makes fun of unsuspecting real-life people and it appears the only one who thinks it's amusing, is the main character, Borat. Movie is shallow, thoughtless, and dry.
Recommendations: Don't waste your time or money to buy or rent this movie.