Weekend Movie Forecast: Brüno or Humpday

Well, there are certainly a wide range of opinions about Brüno to choose from; Sacha Baron Cohen's latest ribald romp—in which he plays the titular gay Austrian model—is currently clocking in at 57% favorable on Rotten Tomatoes. We haven't seen it, so let's turn to, oh, The Observer's sensible Sarah Vilkomerson: "So here’s the problem: How exactly should one judge the new Sacha Baron Cohen movie, Brüno? Should it be critiqued on its success in shocking people (a resounding yes), or for the queasy, teetering-toward-darkness comedy that incites waves of nervous laughter (yes, again), or for the insane heroics of Mr. Baron Cohen in crossing the line of good taste and then turning around to stomp, spit and basically take a poop on that line behind him? Perhaps!

"But what if we want to judge the movie simply in terms of its enjoyability? Then things get even more murky; Brüno is relentless—an aggressive, squirm-inducing affair where you will most certainly laugh, but you may instantly feel kind of bad about it, yourself and possibly humanity."