Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Movie • 2006 • Comedy
ReportKazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
This movie contains 31 potentially triggering events.
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Are there abusive parents?
56 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Yes. A young looking person (hopefully over 18) poses as the main characters son. There are nude photos of him and they discuss the length of his very visible p*nis
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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No but homophobia is present in the film
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Is there decapitation?
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strawdairy
Not on screen, but a bears head is seen in a fridge
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Abandonment
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Is an animal abandoned?
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marissuh
a hen is set free
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
22 supporters
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Pictures taken of women sitting on the toilet are shown off.
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It’s ‘comical’ but yes.
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Yes and no. There children are ‘comically’ shown in horrible conditions at the beginning of the film. Borat compares a woman’s ***hole to ‘that of a seven year old’. He also shows pictures of his son naked to a group of dinner guests.
If you are not into dark humor I’d pass for sure.
If you are not into dark humor I’d pass for sure.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
19 supporters
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Mikko
There is drinking and Borat gets drunk with a group of men in a trailer.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
156 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
A real live chicken is released onto a subway of NYC. It is chased around for comedy. A trained bear is shown a lot too
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A bear dies offscreen and as a gag you briefly see its head in a refrigerator
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Are animals abused?
211 supporters
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Mikko
A chicken is kept in a suitcase/bag throughout the movie.
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Is there a dead animal?
118 supporters
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Aliena
There’s a blink-and-you-miss-it beheaded bear
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Are there bugs?
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marissuh
there are two bugs, seems like roaches, in the scene where they stay at a bed and breakfast
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
135 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Not on screen but many jokes about this. Including referring to a woman's butthole as the "a**hole of a seven year old"
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Is rape mentioned?
94 supporters
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Many times
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Is someone restrained?
30 supporters
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Someone is put in a bag "unconsentually"
The actress knows it's going to happen but pretends to be afraid.
The actress knows it's going to happen but pretends to be afraid.
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There is a naked fight where one man sits on the other's face
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
29 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Yes but comically. A bigger man sits on the face of a smaller man briefly causing him to struggle to breath. It is not a real fight and they are both unharmed
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Is there amputation?
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ErinSudlow
there is an amputee
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Does a head get squashed?
58 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Not to death. A man's head is sat on by a much larger man but he's okay
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
92 supporters
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They do squeeze each other's balls during a fight scene
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
114 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Yes. A young looking person (hopefully over 18) poses as the main characters son. There are nude photos of him and they discuss the length of his very visible p*nis
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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AnonymousFriend
A bear dies at some point off screen. It's not talked about but the bear's head can be seen briefly later
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
30 supporters
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Very very often. Skip if this is a trigger.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
23 supporters
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The main character's wife dies and she was technically a parent but nothing about her motherhood is mentioned in relation
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Is someone kidnapped?
7 supporters
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Mikko
Attempted kidnapping of Pamela Anderson. Fails but he tries to put a sack over her head which may be troubling for some viewers.
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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AnonymousFriend
Brief bath scene
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Are there mannequins?
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AnonymousFriend
Briefly in a store window. They do not move or anything
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Gross
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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AnonymousFriend
No? But it's implied. The main character is shown popping a squat in some bushes but you do not see much
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Does someone spit?
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No but Borat is shown taking a **** in front of Trump Tower which is arguably the best part of this movie.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Is autism misrepresented?
38 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Yes 100%. So many jokes including the r word
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Is there autism specific abuse?
54 supporters
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Ablest language throughout and mention of ableist abuse played off as a joke
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
8 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Yes 100%. So many curse words and slurs including the r word
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
14 supporters
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strawdairy
Not on camera, but Board does mention that he goes to the city to watch women in the bathroom
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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He speaks to the camera often as a documentarian
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Pregnancy
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Are there abortions?
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ErinSudlow
it mentions an abortionist
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
48 supporters
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Ironically the homophobia comes from an old white dude. He discourages Borat from kissing him in greeting saying to ‘stay away from those kids’
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
41 supporters
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Borat makes very blatant jokes of this nature early and throughout the film. Pass if you’re sensitive to this.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
35 supporters
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Surprisingly only one as far as I remember
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This movie is seriously messed up. In the name of morbid humor they mock Jews pretty early into the film. There are many horrible jokes of this nature that I wasn’t amused by. If this bothers you I’d pass.
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He calls a female feminist an old man
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
25 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Yes 100%. So many jokes making almost every minority the butt of a joke
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Is there hate speech?
31 supporters
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There’s a lengthy scene (and multiple points throughout) where Borat mocks women in basically every way possible. As well as pretty much every other minority. It’s all in the name of dark satire but I’d pass if you’re even slightly sensitive to this.
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Relationships
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Sex
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Is there bestiality?
87 supporters
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AnonymousFriend
Jokes about it
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The main character is shown kissing his sister at the beginning. He mentions his sister molesting his disabled brother. Etc and so on.
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Is there sexual content?
64 supporters
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This movie is a very dark satire. VERY dark humor. They mention sex a lot and Borat is seen jacking of in public shortly after he comes to America.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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Borat sleeps in front of a church for a night
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
10 supporters
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There is a driver's ed section where he drives poorly and I'm sure cars honk during it
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Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
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Borat nearly gets hit by a car in New York
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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children are shown (morbid humor) with a bunch of guns at ‘kindergarten’
At one point he tries to buy a gun to ‘protect himself from the Jews’...
At one point he tries to buy a gun to ‘protect himself from the Jews’...
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