Dear Dictator

Name: Dear Dictator
Genre: Comedy
Released: March 16, 2018
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Adrian Voo, Fish Myrr, Hannah Joy Brown, Jackson Beard, Jason Biggs

2018

METASCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Ratings

See All

4.7

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4.7	Your Score
4.7	User Score Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Dear Dictator

Now Playing: Dear Dictator

Movie Details & Credits

Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Release Date: March 16, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Adrian Voo, Fish Myrr, Hannah Joy Brown, Jackson Beard, Jason Biggs, Jordyn Cavros, Katie Holmes, Michael Caine, Odeya Rush, Seth Green

Summary: When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator, General Anton Vincent (Michael Caine), to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with his pen pal, a rebellious teenage girl (Odeya Rush) in suburban America, and teaches her how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.

Director: Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Buy on

Stream On

Expand

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Justin Lowe

Mar 12, 2018

Playful, irreverent and unafraid to be politically incorrect, the pair script with assurance and direct with stylish understatement, pairing character and physical comedy to entertaining effect. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Mar 16, 2018

The just-shy-of-great teen comedy Dear Dictator is the rare high-concept coming-of-age story with enough warmth and smart-ass charm to (hopefully!) make it accessible for a fairly wide cross-section of moviegoers. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Mar 15, 2018

Pleasant enough to watch, even innocuous, Dear Dictator is something that gets worse the more you think about it. Read full review

Tatiana Craine

Mar 14, 2018

Although the filmmakers name-check and appear to draw inspiration from Mean Girls, they’ve missed the mark on truly biting satire, leaving Dear Dictator toothless and silly. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 15, 2018

Simultaneously preposterous and dull, Dear Dictator is the kind of movie where music and wardrobe choices — like the mean girls’ stridently visible underwear — substitute for character. Read full review

Wes Greene

Mar 12, 2018

The potential comic absurdities of the premise are squandered as soon as the film settles into a tepid coming-of-age tale. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Mar 15, 2018

The cast, including Jason Biggs as a dorky social studies teacher, does what it can with the toothless, painfully unfunny, thoroughly unconvincing material. How some movies get made is truly a mystery. Read full review

SEE ALL 8 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

Mauro_Lanari

Jun 12, 2019

(Mauro Lanari)
There were the prerequisites for a good film finally politically incorrect, but family squabbles prevailed.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

Meth-dude

Apr 11, 2018

What were they going for with this movie? Were they trying to do a fun quirky comedy? Because this movie is everything but funny. Were they trying to make an edgy politically charged dramedy? Because from the plot it certainly looks so but it fails miserably. The acting was very poor, theWhat were they going for with this movie? Were they trying to do a fun quirky comedy? Because this movie is everything but funny. Were they trying to make an edgy politically charged dramedy? Because from the plot it certainly looks so but it fails miserably. The acting was very poor, the movie wasn't funny, the plot was ludicrous and the movie was ultimately extremely boring. Watch it at your own risks.… Expand

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

SEE ALL 2 REVIEWS