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The Dictator
Comedy - 2012
6.4
57%
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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.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
15 May 2012
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Hebrew (modern)
Budget:
$65,000,000
Revenue:
$179,379,533
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A bit scattershot and schticky, the film never quite settles into a consistent comic rhythm. Yet for fans of Baron Cohen's work there are plenty of moments of crass hilarity.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2012
rotten:
Most of The Dictator had me neither laughing nor shocked, but just staring at the screen in anxious is-that-all-there-is? silence.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
16 May 2012
fresh:
On the laughmeter The Dictator is closer to Borat than to the misfired Bruno, which is to say it's funny for about half of its brisk 83 minutes.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 May 2012
rotten:
Now [Cohen is] turning material both fresh and rancid into tepid gruel.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
17 May 2012
rotten:
The film has a vicious edge that the Marx Brothers didn't have, and it's too low-minded to achieve their enchanting blend of anarchy and surrealism.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
22 May 2012
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