The Dictator (2012)

5.7	Listal rating
6.4	IMDB rating

Directed by

Larry Charles

Starring (View all)

Sacha Baron Cohen

Aladeen / Efawadh

Sayed Badreya

Omar

Rocky Citron

Baby Aladeen

Liam Campora

Aladeen Age 6

Aasif Mandvi

Doctor

Rizwan Manji

Patient

Rick Chambers

Newscaster Voiceover

Elsayed Mohamed

Wadiyan Olympic Official

Written by (View all)

Sacha Baron Cohen

(written by)

Alec Berg

(written by)

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The Dictator

1 year, 1 month ago at May 19 16:00

lotr23

9 votes

I used to think that the main reason why I enjoyed both Borat and Bruno was mostly due to the brilliance of the sociopolitical satire that each of those films brought to the table. But now I realize that those two movies had something else (an added push, if you will): both movies delivered their sociopolitical satire through humor of the "I CANNOT believe they just did that!" variety. Borat and B... read more

Gleeful fun, but too calculated

1 year ago at May 25 21:56

PvtCaboose91

2 votes

"America! The birthplace of AIDS!"

Who would've thought that Sacha Baron Cohen had another new character in him? The talented performer fooled the world using the personas of Ali G, Borat and Bruno, and now Cohen has re-teamed with director Larry Charles to introduce another comic creation for another hard-R comedy destined to be both controversial and polarising. Like Cohen and Cha... read more

Sacha strikes again with another guilty pleasure.

11 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 28 12:32

SJMJ91

2 votes

Following the experiences of Borat in 2006 and Bruno in 2009, any mockumentary involving Sacha Baron Cohen will either become a huge controversial offense to specific viewers or turn out to be just a traditional laugh out loud comedy. Once again, Baron Cohen decides to mock another social class of individuals which could become the most insulting so far. Although, there were still the few abusive ... read more

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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.

Release date : 16 May 2012

Comedy (18), 2012 (14), Satire (8), 2010s (6), Dictator (4), Usa (4), Nuclear Weapon (3), Romance (3), Political (3), New York (3), Democracy (2), Politics (2), Offensive (2), 83 Min (1), Society (1), Funny (1), 2012s (1), Sex (1), Execution (1), Middle East (1)

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