The Dictator
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 296 Ratings
- Starring: Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen
- Summary: The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. It is inspired by the best selling novel "Zabibah and The King" by Saddam Hussein. (Paramount Pictures)
- Director: Larry Charles
- Genre(s): Comedy
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Positive: 21 out of 41
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Mixed: 16 out of 41
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Negative: 4 out of 41
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85The Dictator, for all its liberal leanings, doesn't let anyone off the hook, not even well-intentioned liberals. Cohen comes right out and says things that most of us, in polite conversation, wouldn't dare. He knows it's the impolite conversation that really gets things moving.
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60By turns hysterical, heretical, guilty, innocent, silly, sophisticated, teasing and tedious.
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38The latest collaboration between Cohen and director Larry Charles proves the formula they created with "Borat" and then started to milk dry with "Brüno" has finally run out of juice. Time to move on, guys.
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Positive: 54 out of 99
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