Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) ***

Perhaps it's because America already feels like a satire this year, more so than I can ever recall in my lifetime. Possibly it's because the first film was such a novelty and so incredibly funny at the time that a sequel had a slim chance of topping it. Maybe it's because at times it just feels like more of the same from the character. Whatever it is, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) does not have the same impact as its 2006 predecessor. That isn't to say that it's not a very funny, biting, shocking, and even quite poignant movie(film). It just feels particularly timely, so I wonder how it will age. All I can hope is that future generations will look back at a (movie)film like this and laugh because of how much better the world is and because they could never believe that the USA could be this ridiculous.