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41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe Dictator isn't going to win awards and it isn't as hip as Borat. Big goofy outrageous laughs is what it has to offer.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyCohen employs a comic range that ricochets between wicked political barbs and the lowest anatomical farce, to often funny and occasionally hilarious effect.
- A superb vehicle for Sacha Baron Cohen's over-the-top socio-political outrageousness.
- 80TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissFans of the nasty Baron Cohen may regret his being borderline nice in The Dictator. But we should welcome his decision to stop being the best at something few others dare try and instead to inhabit a more familiar comedy style--just going denser, wilder, better. He pulls it off.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe Dictator is funny, in addition to being obscene, disgusting, scatological, vulgar, crude and so on.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsCohen at his best is both brazen and sly. As is The Dictator.
- 60EmpireDamon WiseEmpireDamon WiseFormulaic, yet scrappy, and extremely funny in fits and starts, General Aladeen is the first of Cohen comic creations to get a better vehicle than it probably deserves.
- 60Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramOutrageous, outlandish and overboard, The Dictator will satisfy Cohen's army of fans. But it never feels as funny, full-on or fresh as "Borat" and "Brüno."
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyWhile Baron Cohen's lanky physical slapstick and verbal manglings are funny, the movie begins to feel like one of the later, worn-out Pink Panther movies.