BCG Daily Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Review: Out Of Her Mind
There's a nasty sexist streak throughout: all the women except Sara just guzzle white wine between their Zumba classes. And what Juliet Stevenson is doing in this sitcom sludge is hard to imagine, unless she wanted to prove she can do an Essex accent.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 21st October 2020Out Of Her Mind review
Rollerblading ringmaster of confessional comedy.
Ben Dowell, The Times, 21st October 2020Out Of Her Mind: sitcom has cynicism that wears thin
The comedian's new BBC show follows other confessionals like Fleabag and I Hate Suzie, but it isn't entertaining because you don't see yourself in it, says Charlotte Cripps.
Charlotte Cripps, The Independent, 21st October 2020Out Of Her Mind takes us down the rabbit hole
In spite of Sara repeatedly reminding us it is her programme, she has written a script that allows the entire cast to shine.
Kate Stone, Funny Women, 21st October 2020Yet another 24 hour show for Mark Watson
The comic is heading back to Twitch after his first virtual marathon show raised exactly £45,000 for charity in May.
Chortle, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
The gloves - and other items of clothing - are off as Sacha Baron Cohen unleashes a stateside stunt spree and political satire fest.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, review
A worthy sequel and a sad indictment of our idiotic times.
Helen O'Hara, i Newspaper, 21st October 2020Review: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh clown returns for an enjoyably silly sequel.
Emma Simmonds, The List, 21st October 2020Borat 2 review: 'Fascinating and urgently satirical'
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the sequel to 2006's smash hit, revives Sacha Baron Cohen's iconic character - but it's his daughter who steals the spotlight in this satire, writes Nicholas Barber.
Nicholas Barber, BBC, 21st October 2020TV review: Out Of Her Mind Series 1 Episode 1
The whole series is available to watch on iPlayer too and given how fantastic this opening episode is I imagine I'll have binged it all within an exceedingly short time, as Pascoe has created something truly special here.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 21st October 2020Borat 2 review
A shocking and hilarious return for Sacha Baron Cohen. Very nice!
Ian Sandwell, Digital Spy, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Before our very eyes, Sacha Baron Cohen has morphed into the Michael Moore of comedy.
Alistair Ryder, The Digital Fix, 21st October 2020Borat 2 review: Just as funny and shocking as ever
A Borat sequel was not something that anyone was really expecting in 2020.
Wil Jones, JOE, 21st October 2020Borat 2 brings outrage back to comedy
Fourteen years after the first film, but mere months in the making, Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat returns in this biting satirical sequel.
Ryan Gilbey, The New Statesman, 21st October 2020Review: Sacha Baron Cohen in clever, scattershot sequel
As Borat's latest misadventures exist to remind us, we live in a world gone mad, and compliance seems antithetical to his gleefully anarchic spirit.
Justin Chang, LA Times, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
It's an amusingly harebrained scheme, but there's nothing in this moviefilm that matches the elegant social experiment of the first.
Devika Girish, The New York Times, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm film review
In a culture where Americans publicly reveal their worst opinions every day, it's no longer a trick to get them to do it on camera.
Alonso Duralde, The Wrap, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
A stupid film made by very smart people, Subsequent Moviefilm has a noble intent at odds with the loathsome figures that populate it. It's never quite as gut-bustingly funny as the 2006 original, but you get the sense that wasn't what Cohen was going for.
Jordan Farley, Games Radar, 21st October 2020Borat 2 review
Decent movie, same old Borat. (3 stars out of 4)
Johnny Oleksinski, The New York Post, 21st October 2020Borat 2 is an outrageous, hilarious triumph
Jak się masz! Kazakhstan's number one reporter is back in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the most controversial movie since... well, the original Borat.
Cameron Frew, Unilad, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Absurd masterpiece holds a mirror to the world.
Charlotte O'Sullivan, Evening Standard, 21st October 2020Borat 2: review
Original's insanity and anti-Semitism, multiplied by a factor of 2020.
Jordan Hoffman, The Times of Israel, 21st October 2020Borat back in a changed landscape
The prejudices Baron Cohen exposes have become too fond of exposing themselves. Rating: B-.
Jesse Hassenger, The AV Club, 21st October 2020Borat: He's back, with his daughter in tow
Sacha Baron Cohen reprises his most famous role, heckling Mike Pence and pranking Rudy Giuliani alongside excellent new sidekick Maria Bakalova.
Sonia Saraiya, Vanity Fair, 21st October 2020Review: Borat's daughter steals show
The surprise of Borat is gone, something he mentions himself when he keeps getting noticed on the street, which probably explains the pivot to his daughter. And thankfully, and this can't be stressed enough, Maria Bakalova is an absolute revelation.
Rory Cashin, Lovin.ie, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm succeeds again in holding up a mirror to the latest embarrassing side of America.
Ethan Anderton, Slashfilm, 21st October 2020Borat 2: first great movie of coronavirus era
There's sure to be no shortage of Covid-19 movies in our near future, from dramatized biopics to work-from-home office sitcoms. Most of them will probably be terrible. Maybe a few will be good, but none will have the urgency of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
Jake Kleinman, Inverse, 21st October 2020Borat and daughter team up to smash the patriarchy
It's not a great success, but it's a pretty good success. Rating: B.
Matt Goldberg, Collider, 21st October 2020Review: 'Borat 2' offers big but inconsistent laughs
The coronavirus sequences don't quite work and the Donald Trump finale can't hold a candle to the prior Pamela Anderson one. There's also an over reliance on cliches but typically the jokes that hit make up for the movie's duller aspects.
Deirdre Molumby, Entertainment.ie, 21st October 2020Borat 2 is not great success, but still very nice
Sacha Baron Cohen returns to mess with America once again, but finds it hard to troll a populace that's already trolling themselves.
Clint Worthington, The Spool, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (review)
He does what he can to have some fun and get some big laughs - sometimes with his genius very much on display - but this go around we're going to have to replace "Very nice!" with "Very...fine."
Matt Rooney, JoBlo, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Shocking, essential, and endlessly hilarious.
Charlie Ridgley, ComicBook.com, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Jaw-dropping exposé will be one the most talked-about films of the year.
Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 21st October 2020Borat 2 is a targeted takedown of America's worst
Underneath it all it's got an empathy and an urgency the first Borat seemed to lack, thanks to its focus and the family at its center. That's very nice. Rating: 3.5 out of 4.
Eric Vilas-Boas, New York Observer, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Baron Cohen resurrects his most confrontational character for the ultimate indictment of America in 2020, and he hits his target many times over. Grade: A-.
Eric Kohn, IndieWire, 21st October 2020Borat 2 review
After 14 years, Borat returns with a sequel that leans into the original's best satire.
Michael Rougeau, GameSpot, 21st October 2020Review: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh is back - and Linda Marric is entertained.
Linda Marric, The Jewish Chronicle, 21st October 2020Borat 2 review: Great success
Thanks to Covid-19, very few people will have the chance to see Borat Subsequent Moviefilm in a crowded theater with a bunch of other enthusiastic comedy fans. A viewing alone at home on one of our "calculators" will have to suffice for now.
Matt Singer, Screen Crush, 21st October 2020Borat 2 review
Borat's at it again, with a plot getting in the way of his latest politically charged cinematic shenanigans. Rated 2.5 out of 4.
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm may not contain all of the shock and awe of the original, since exposing racists has sadly sort of become commonplace, but it still contains an avalanche of awkward, anxiety-cranking moments that'll have you laughing while watching through your fingers like you would a horror movie. And the film's fantastic find, Maria Bakalova, Sacha Baron Cohen's on-screen equal, is who, and what, most people will be talking about in the wake of this.
Matt Fowler, IGN, 21st October 2020Borat review: if you love the 1st movie you'll love it
If you thought it crass, vulgar and unutterably puerile, well - this one is a fair bit worse.
Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 21st October 2020Borat 2 review
The Borat follow-up mocks legacy sequels while shining a light on the cultural consequences of America's unchecked bigotry.
Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
It's shock that chokes the best laughs out. This is Sacha Baron Cohen's funniest, edgiest, greatest movie since Borat. Very niiiice.
Larushka Ivan-zadeh, Metro, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
The mockumentary pretence is untenable from the start.
Kevin Maher, The Times, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Sacha Baron Cohen's calamity-prone Kazakh reporter takes dead-aim at US conservatism in this rip-snorting sequel.
Charles Bramesco, Little White Lies, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Borat's adventures are often followed by a raft of lawsuits, and that could well be the case again. Some have already been filed.
Jake Coyle, Associated Press, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
Master of audacity Sacha Baron Cohen returns with a sequel to the original 2006 Borat movie, and it is mostly a re-run of previous gags, right down to the "mankini".
Steve Morrissey, Radio Times, 21st October 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review
As you might have said in 2006: veery naaice!
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