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The Dictator is a 2012 political satire black comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as his fourth feature film in a leading role. The film was directed by Larry Charles, who also directed Baron Cohen's mockumentaries Borat and Brüno. Baron Cohen, in the role of Admiral General Aladeen, the dictator of the fictional Republic ...
- $65–100 million
- Erran Baron Cohen
- May 16, 2012
When the UN threatens the nuclear program of the Republic of Wadiya, dictator Hafez Aladeen decides to go to New York to make a speech in the assembly. However, his minister Tamir is plotting a scheme to topple Aladeen and sign multimillionaire contracts with foreign oil companies to make him a tycoon. Tamir hires torturer Clayton to kill ...
I can see why critics were mixed on this film as the humour can be edgy at times just for the sake of being edgy (but this didn't bother me). The romance with Anna Farris felt very rushed and I feel the film was too short (75 mins without credits). I'm curious to know what others thought of this and how it compares to Sacha's other stuff.
May 11, 2012 · Sacha Baron Cohen ‘s shotgun blasts of scabrous humor hit more than they miss in The Dictator, a self-consciously outrageous send-up of a mad-dog Middle Eastern autocrat who has his eyes and ...
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May 16, 2012 · Movieline. May 15, 2012. The Dictator, for all its liberal leanings, doesn't let anyone off the hook, not even well-intentioned liberals. Cohen comes right out and says things that most of us, in polite conversation, wouldn't dare. He knows it's the impolite conversation that really gets things moving. Read More.
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May 16, 2012 · How long is The Dictator? The Dictator is 1 hr 23 min long. Who directed The Dictator? Larry Charles Who is Gen. Aladeen/Efawadh in The Dictator? Sacha Baron Cohen plays Gen. Aladeen/Efawadh in the film. What is The Dictator about? The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so ...
May 13, 2012 · As a result, the story drags along, uninteresting and predictable, with few surprises to speak of. Even with a brief 75-minute runtime (and about ten minutes of end credits scenes), the movie feels drawn out. Not as infantile and stupid as Cohen’s first post- Da Ali G Show movie, Ali G Indahouse (2002), The Dictator feels like an unfortunate ...
