Borat 2 movie review: Sacha Baron Cohen holds up a mirror to America’s far right, and invites the world to shame them

Language: English Depending on whom you ask, Trump has either ruined comedy, or proved to be a goldmine. That is exactly what Sacha Baron Cohen does as he reprises his role as Borat, 14 years after “wawaweewa” and “jagshemash” entered the pop culture dictionary. With Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Cohen holds up a mirror to America’s far-right, and invites the world to shame them. It is the baker who readily agrees to write “Jews Will Not Replace Us” on a chocolate cake, the shop owner who high-fives Borat when he jokes about the number of Mexican children Trump could fit in a cage, the clothing boutique owner who cracks up when Borat asks her where’s the “no means yes” section, the tanning salon employee who has a straightforward answer to the question, “What colour is best for racist family?”, and the cosmetic surgeon who elaborately describes a Jewish nose. One shtick turns the tables on Borat, as Holocaust survivor Judith Dim Evans helps him realise that Holocaust was not a “fairytale” like he read on a Facebook page.