The Dictator Reviews

General Aladeen: From the mountain tops of North Korea to the jungles of Zimbabwe, let every child labourer and sweat shop factory worker sing... Oppressed at last! Oppressed at last! Thank Aladeen, I am oppressed at last!

The Dictator is a comedy that relies on the same tactics as Sacha Baron Cohen's other movies. Mainly these tactics are create a completely ridiculous character, add a lot of gross out humor, and make it as politically incorrect as possible. As far as the movie goes, it works, but just barely. There's nothing here that would make me feel the need to see this again, but there was enough laughs to make a viewing worth it. It may be nothing more than just another average comedy, but Cohen makes average seem just a little better. 

General Aladeen has been the dictator of his country of Widiya since the age of seven. He enjoys having people executed and also having sex with famous American stars. When he must give a speech at the UN or face military action, he makes his way to America, alongside his trusted advisor. His advisor has other plans though and soon Aladeen is replaced with a double so that democracy can be brought to the country and corporations with oil interests can take it over. 

The Dictator is a slight step up from Bruno in my opinion, but just a slight step. The movie has hilarious moments that are somewhat forgotten in the mess of missed jokes, but they're there all the same. It's a movie that appeal to fans of Cohen's form of comedy, but also will repel a great number of people with what some would call a tasteless form of comedy.

Overall, this is nothing too great, but it's a somewhat fun time and the short runtime makes it easier to get through. It's a movie that you can just turn on when there's nothing better to do. It's stupid, it's raunchy, it's gross, and in ways it is tasteless. Good thing I'm not one of those people who really care about any of that stuff.

Shock comedy with a bit of a heart

Another catastophe in a sad series

very funny but falls short of the past two movies but worth watching

The Dictator certainly has it's share of funny and controversial moments but compared with Sacha Baron Cohen's previous characters it isn't quite up there. The shock factor is not as prominent because the audience expects this humour from Cohen as he plays the dictator of a small country with plans for nuclear weapons. However, it may be worth a watch if you enjoyed the likes of Borat, Bruno and Ali G.

Funniest movie of all recent time.., Aladeen has added up in ppl's vocabulary much faster than anticipated.

Meh. Its not "hysterical" or "outrageously funny" as the poster says it is, its still plenty of fun. But sometimes you sit there wondering if they take it too far sometimes.

Horrible. I remember cracking a smile during one or two parts but for the most part, nothing enjoyable. It still wasn't as bad as The Happening though...

Why all the hate? It was pretty darned funny.

It's no Borat, but it's better the Bruno.

Ok, but a bit too easy on the subject, some good surprises (especially the description of the US democracy), and for Sasha Baron Cohen...

Aladeen mother f*****

Nowhere near as funny as Borat or as outrageous as Bruno, The Dictator is a lazy, below average comedy flick. The first 40 minutes offers very few laughs, nothing crazy happens which is a shame because that's what we want to see from Sacha Baron Cohen, Megan Fox's short appearance is as funny as it gets really. The rest of the gags fail, from the annoying put-on accent by SBC, to the character interactions. You know when you laugh but it's kind of half-arsed, like your laughing for the sake of it, well that's what I did with this and I've come to realise how unfunny The Dictator is. It's only when Anna Faris appears the film starts to get slightly funny with her light hearted humour and her hilarious facial expressions. But one actress can't save a movie. There are a few scenes that will have you laughing, such as pregnancies on shop floors, helicopter trips gone wrong and some good cameos (Edward Norton) but The Dictator won't have you crying with laughter.

Another silly movie brought to you by SBC, except here I think he goes overboard to the point where a lot of jokes misfire. There are some pretty funny scenes scattered here and there, but overall, it's more of a miss than a hit.

It's OK, but despite all the different characters and faces it's Cohen doing what Cohen does

I wanna see this movie so ______ bad!!!!!!!!

Not as funny as Borat, maybe even Bruno, but I had a wonderful time seeing Sacha Baron Cohen perform as another one of his crazy characters once again...

Cohen will do anything for a laugh. That makes me both respect him as a comedian, and feel that he leaves something to be desired as a human being. I have mixed feelings about this movie. Some of the gags were super offensive, some were super funny, and a lot were both.

it's okay... not very funny though

As with "Borat", "The Dictator" is a rather outrageous, occasionally brilliant, but also uneven comedy, where not all the gags work, but enough of them do to keep you significantly amused. The part at the start with him shooting athletic competitors was the highlight of the movie.