I saw it. In some parts it is hilarious but in others completely hit and miss. It's a little better than "Just alright". The difference between Borat and Bruno is that Borat is innocent and hilarious things just happen while he's present, Bruno on the other hand is a freakin jerk. For about the first 20 minutes it's incredibly unfunny. I though I was in for a baaad film. Then around the 25 minute mark it gets better. There were a few extremely hilarious laugh out loud moments. Others I didn't laugh at that much. I wanna say it's better than Borat but it's not. It was disappointing just a little bit.

6.5 out of 10, despite all those hilarious moments, if your film doesn't get a laugh out of someone for the first 25 minutes, it doesn't deserve higher than a 7.

This movie had 2 brilliant scenes, one in which parents audition their children for a photo shoot and another involving a talk show, they were both very funny but also very sad, I hope someone from child services watches this film and gets those kids away from their parents, who on Christ's green earth would allow their 2 year old to get liposuction or dress as a nazi, some sick stuff.  Other than that it got old pretty fast, the same gag over and over, but those 2 moments are worth a view on its own.  Not in the same league as Borat in any way shape or form, or even sweeny todd, but it does have two potent and very funny scenes that are worth a gander.

Quoted from The boy who could fly I hope someone from child services watches this film and gets those kids away from their parents, who on Christ's green earth would allow their 2 year old to get liposuction or dress as a nazi, some sick stuff.

He's about as authentic as Operation Repo... Scripted theatrics like the initial moon landing. Hollywood can polish a penny so much you'd swear it was a quarter. Borat, Bruno are works...  

And to answer the question you posed... Well, his whole gimmick is based in the roots of your question. Who would allow such a thing. Who would do such a thing? Well, people... People are strange and often ignorant beings. Just ask the creator of the two characters in question here... Though, since he's being outlandish and ZANY people forget he's a product created not of himself but the people around him and who sign his checks.

You can pluck a shit dipped Ethiopian from the dust bowl where he lives... Give him 100 million dollars, shave his head bald, slap a new name on him, give him vocal lessons, put him through some speech therapy and write a bunch of music for his ass then market him to the public as the next big thing and you'd be surprised how many idiots would buy into it.

(what is that offensive?... Well, isn't Bruno? Oh, that's right he gets paid for it... It's not offensive when you get paid for it. It's witty, intelligent and ZANY!!)

This guy isn't funny. He isn't clever. He is a product... Like soap and crack.

^^ Lol, that's the first time I've ever seen SBC compared to crack.

But on another note, I really enjoyed this film. I've been a huge fan of SBC for as long as I can remember - I hardly understood most of the humour when I started watching The Ali G Show with my brother but I still loved it - so I knew what to expect. And I wasn't disappointed.

In response to the movie being "scripted" or "fake":

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07052009/entertainment/movies/dubper_freak_177640.htm

Simply put, if you like The Ali G Show then you'll like the movie. I personally love the show and gave the movie a B- overall. SBC is one of the quickest and wittiest personalities on television/hollywood today. Borat was a stroke of a genius and the movie did not disappoint. Unfortunately, Bruno was not as a good. Out of his three characters, Bruno is the weakest - although the character is still pretty funny. On the show, he does a terrific job of exploiting both homophobia in America and the stupidity in the fashion world. My biggest complaint with Bruno is that a third of the film was staged. So for that alone, it gets docked a grade.

My mouth was wide open throughout the entire film and that's really hard for a film to do to me these days. The interview with the terrorist, pastor, and Harrison Ford were all hilarious.