Brüno - 2 stars out of 10

Brüno - 2 stars out of 10

"Brüno" is beyond offensive.  Riding on the coattails of "Borat," Sacha Baron Cohen tries to duplicate the success of his candid exploitation of unknowing bystanders; unfortunately, all that he ended up with was an endless display of uncomfortable shock value gay-bashing.  Where "Borat" is funny through its situational irony that cleverly explores the character's ignorance toward American culture, "Brüno" uses the same gay joke over and over again through gratuitous sexual content.  The candid reactions of the film's cast are not entertaining because I feel bad for these poor "victims" (and audience members) as they are forced to see his private parts during the film.  There is nothing likeable about the Brüno (in fact, he is one of the most annoying characters that I have ever seen) and I wish that Sacha Baron Cohen would have been smart enough to go out on a high note with "Borat."