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Who is Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen)? He is a bumbling TV journalist from Kazakhstan who has flown to the United States to make a TV documentary about the "great country". But when he arrives in New York, he falls in love with tits-on-toes Pamela Anderson after watching an episode of Baywatch. With his documentary crew in tow, he goes on a road trip across America to find and marry her.

Along the way, he interviews (in charmingly broken English) numerous Americans, from ordinary passer-bys to respected members of the local communities. Most of these encounters are shot Candid Camera-style, with the subjects being totally unsuspecting and unaware they are being set up. But the subterfuge results in some hilarious frank replies, showing up the racism and xenophobia that still exists in America (and, God knows, every else in the world).

At one point, Borat brings a black prostitute to a Southern Confederacy dinner party, shocking every white supremacist in the room. At another, he insults a feminist by referring to her as a man. At yet another, he encourages a huge crowd to applaud his plan to have President George Bush "drink the blood of every single man, woman, and child" in Iraq.

His wacky, bizarre, politically incorrect humour is the most refreshing form of irony we've seen in a looong while. It actually makes satires like Thank You for Smoking and Fast Food Nation look old. No wonder the movie has turned in a huge cultural phenomenon, earning box-office gold as well as Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Best Actor.

Running at a lean 82 minutes, we guarantee you'll love Borat. If you don't, you need to take a hike down the yellow brick road and ask the Wizard of Oz for funny bone. Now if only we can invite Borat to come to Singapore and expose the lies and hypocrisies in our tiny island � wouldn't that be a hoot?