My own private Emocide

Disappointing. While I did enjoy a lot of the old school Ali G skits - especially the ones on Channel 4 - this movie was less than satisfying. For one, the most controversial and funny scenes had already been broadly discussed in the mainstream media, and then even I didn’t feel comfortable with some of the “jokes” Sasha Baron Cohen pulled on his victims. While I am in total favor of showing people their own stupidity (see frat boys, rodeo organizer, jesus freaks,…) there were a few pieces that seemed kind of mean and set up in a way, which the victims really didn’t have much of a chance to escape from (see car dealer, trying to stay friendly). Other scenes were simply gross; while I don’t have a problem with that, I also think of myself being beyond a stage, where I would spend money (or time) to see a fat guy resting his testies on another guys face. If I wanted to see more of that, I’d watch “Jackass”.
All in all I expected a lot more from this and am glad that I didn’t spend any money on watching it.

1.5 out of 5 moustaches