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Genre : Comedy, Drama Release Date : May 16, 2012 MPAA Rating : R Duration : 120 minute(s) Production Budget : -Studio : Paramount Pictures Official Site : http://www.dictatorthemovie.com/ Reviews Rate :
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the outrageously funny and pointed Borat, the mostly funny and slightly pointed Bruno and, now, the rude and goofy The Dictator
by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]
the film suffers many of the same problems that Ali G Indahouse had: there are many funny moments, but at times it definitely felt like it was trying too hard
Review rate : B-
by Spencer Fornaciari [MacGuffin ]
that potential is mostly squandered in "The Dictator," which gestures halfheartedly toward topicality and, with equal lack of conviction, toward pure, anarchic silliness
by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
no joke in "The Dictator" is funnier
by Peter Debruge [Variety ]
like the SNL movies, The Dictator has a central character who is constructed from two-dimensional schtick
by Devin Faraci [BadAss Digest ]
it's not filmed correctly. Re-watch "Borat" sometime to see how fearless satirists get away with murder. This movie's more conventional
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]
it's more nuanced and intellectually satisfying than one expects and is preceded by a pointed political speech that will rile up pro- and anti-American establishment sentiment for different reasons
by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]
it's enough to make a despot cry
Review rate : B
by Chris Vognar [Dallas Morning News ]
it riffs wildly on fish-out-of-water and rom-com cliches that are known to go flabby when a film runs long
by Amy Biancolli [San Francisco Chronicle ]
iIt doesn't, in truth, offer much of a twist on the genre. It does, however, deliver laughs and weapons-grade offensiveness
by Peter Bradshaw [Guardian [UK] ]
funny, in addition to being obscene, disgusting, scatological, vulgar, crude and so on
by Roger Ebert [Chicago Sun-Times ]
for all its absurdities, "The Dictator" is both more structured and more polished than his earlier works
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News ]
at times, The Dictator plays out like a war between two movies: a savvy, barbed satire and a flaccid, generic potty-mouthed comedy
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
a gaggle of great performers keeps things extra-engaging throughout
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]
by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]
by Peter Bradshaw [Guardian [UK] ]
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]
