The Dictator

2012 "Make way for Aladeen."
6.4| 1h23m| R| en| More Info
Released: 16 May 2012 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.dictatorthemovie.com/
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The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Genre

Comedy

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Director

Larry Charles

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Paramount

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The Dictator Audience Reviews

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
ti-jaheed I don't know what movies you call comedy. Like 'The Gods Must Be Crazy' - I don't find that much of comedy. But this movie!!!!!!!! Oh, don't talk about it!!!! Just watch and laugh your hearts out. 'She tried to milk me'.... Ha Ha Ha...
Raushan Kumar (AbsoluteRaushan) This movie is really funny movie. I laughed so much that my it gave aches in my stomach. Should you watch this movie.? Yes ! definitely. Just watch it and have a good time. But the movie contains some curse language and little bit of nudity but that's OK just watch it with your friends.
zt650 This movie was so idiotic,parts of it were unwatchable.....unfunny,gross with horrible acting...how ben kingsley agreed to do this crap is beyond me!..What a waste of time...Im glad I didn't have to go out to see this garbage....Please someone try to find anything funny in this poor excuse for a movie
FilmBuff1994 The Dictator is a good movie with a fairly well developed storyline and a terrific comedic cast. Sacha Baron Cohen hits it out of the park once again, further showing his versatile range for comedic performances, he plays two characters in this movie that both bring in the most laughs, the scene on the helicopter tour had me in stitches, the controversial jokes and political satire is evident throughout this film, which never fails to make me laugh. My main problem with this movie is that Aladeen is a very unlikeable character, though he may be very funny, I never found myself supporting him or wanting him to succeed in any way, in every film the character should turn around and become a better person than they were at the beginning, but Aladeen remains the exact same, and he is supported by many likable characters, such as Omar and Zoey, that really have no reason to be helping him as much as they do. The story telling in the movie is a bit off, a comedy film obviously dosen't have to have a terrific arc, but it gets very messy at times, it jumps around a lot from Aladden trying to return to his throne, to a love story that begins out of nowhere, to a villain who's motives are always made clear but never really come in to full swing, there was a lot of stuff that I felt could have happened, such as a proper love scene between Cohen and Anna Faris, or an actual confrontation between Aladeen and Tamir, it ends with a lot of loose ends that aren't tied up. It has many flaws, but the Dictator mostly makes up for this with pure hilarity, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good comedy if you ever see it on television or Netflix. While in New York to ensure democracy never enters his country, a powerful dictator is taken away from his position and forced to a live as a normal American. Best Performance: Sacha Baron Cohen Worst Performance: Rizwan Manji