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The Republic of Wadiya is ruled by an eccentric and oppressive leader named Hafez Aladeen. Aladeen is summoned to New York to a UN assembly to address concerns about his country's nuclear weapons program, but the trip goes awry.
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| SlateDana StevensThe conventional meet-cute love story at the center of The Dictator feels like a bizarre concession to some nonexistent demographic that prefers its sick black comedy with a side of humanist sentiment. |
| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanAlthough I'm no fan of Sacha Baron Cohen's work, I always find morsels of memorable satire or plain humour in his work, most of which relies on buffoonery, audacious bad taste and tickling the juvenile fancy |
| Daily Mail (UK)Christopher TookeyThe Dictator may be the most conventionally structured of Sacha Baron Cohen's films -- it's essentially a romcom -- but to my mind it's the funniest. |
| MediaMikesMichael A. SmithIn the kingdom of comedy there is currently only one ruler. Hail Sacha Baron Cohen! |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordBaron Cohen's ditched his real-life guerilla attack routine but continues to embrace the same outrageous humor for a film that, while looking a lot like the dark side of Eddie Murphy's "Coming to America," is consistently funny on multiple levels... |
| OregonianShawn LevyThe Dictator has a few laughs along its bumpy path, but not enough of them to indicate that Cohen has found a means to escape the shadows of his early career and forge a second act for himself. |
| Time Out ChicagoBen KenigsbergThe reduction in spontaneity lowers the risks. Unsurprisingly, the best jokes fall closest to the old, topical template. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongIt reasserts Baron Cohen as a comic force who can't be ignored, dedicated to pushing the envelope and working with real ideas. |
| Reel Times: Reflections on CinemaMark PfeifferThe danger for Baron Cohen is having made his name as a confrontational comedian but delivering something that, while occasionally provocative, feels too conventional. |
| BET.comClay CaneThe publicity stunts for promoting The Dictator were funnier than the actual movie. |