The Christian Sciene MonitorHe can be one of the funniest people on the planet, but he needs a real dictator – I mean, director – calling the shots.
Richard RoeperOf course it's offensive and tasteless. That's the point. Sometimes the jokes are excruciatingly funny.
Washington PostNever achieves the stinging parodic heights of Cohen's Borat movie, but manages a better batting average than his most recen...
New York Daily NewsThe easily offended will be appalled. The rarely offended may be appalled. But they'll have to stop laughing long enough to ...
The New York TimesPotential is mostly squandered in The Dictator, which gestures halfheartedly toward topicality and, with equal lack of convi...
San Francisco ChronicleThis isn't the last word on cinematic send-ups of totalitarianism -- for that, we still have Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dic...
Los Angeles TimesBy turns hysterical, heretical, guilty, innocent, silly, sophisticated, teasing and tedious.
USA TodayWhile tastelessness is rampant and the humor uneven, The Dictator also has its moments of slyly clever satire.
Salon ArtsAlthough the character of Aladeen seems awfully predictable by Baron Cohen standards, the movie itself veers from one hilari...
New York PostIt ends up being a lot less hilarious than "Borat,'' and not quite as funny as "Bruno.''
The Philadelphia InquirerDirected by Cohen's longtime collaborator Larry Charles, The Dictator mixes its high and low comedy with surprising success.
Rolling StoneThe Dictator starts at outrageous and rockets on from there. Screw the occasional sputter.
SlateMost of The Dictator had me neither laughing nor shocked, but just staring at the screen in anxious is-that-all-there-is? si...
The New YorkerThe film has a vicious edge that the Marx Brothers didn't have, and it's too low-minded to achieve their enchanting blend of...
Chicago Sun-Times"The Dictator" is funny, in addition to being obscene, disgusting, scatological, vulgar, crude and so on.
Film School RejectsCohen’s comedy works just as well if not better in service of a traditional narrative. Jason Mantzoukas is great, but the be...
Entertainment WeeklyGeneral Admiral Haffaz Aladeen — the latest outsize specimen of male self-delusion created by Sacha Baron Cohen — has been a...
E! OnlineAfter months of Sacha Baron Cohen showing up as the character he plays in The Dictator—even ash-bombing Ryan Seacrest on the...
ReelViewsOne of the cleverest moments in Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator comes during the first five seconds: a memorial dedication ...
Total FilmOutrageous, outlandish and overboard, The Dictator will satisfy Cohen's army of fans. But it never feels as funny, full-on o...
Black Sheep ReviewsI don't know what this says about me but I was having such a good time, I didn't want it to end.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Sacha Baron Cohen
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley
Release: May 11, 2012
Writer: Sacha Baron Cohen
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley
Release: May 11, 2012
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