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REVIEW
If you own a copy of Borat on DVD, arguably there's not much point in shelling out for Brüno.

Essentially both feature "foreigners" with funny accents getting away with murder as America tries to accommodate them.

And the similarities between the two films become even clearer the closer you look.
Both feature compromising hotel scenes, scenes where the characters address boozed-up American crowds and scenes where it's all gone horribly wrong and Cohen has ended up broke, homeless and alone.

Still, like Borat, Brüno is another shot of vintage Cohen. He's just as funny as he ever was and the schtick he adopts when revealing the absurd attitudes of the American public are well worth a second look in the privacy of your own home.

Whether it's revealing he has given his "adopted" black son the "traditional African name" OJ to a talk show audience or complimenting a zealous anti-gay preacher, keen to convert him to heterosexuality, on his blow-job lips.

If you liked his previous film, you'll like this one. It's equally well made and stuffed with gags. The image that endures is US X-Factor judge Paula Abdul sitting on a Mexican man (paid to be furniture) talking about her humanitarian work. Pick this up for some chuckles.