Dear Dictator
Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Release Date: March 16, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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2
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4
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweMar 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
75
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsMar 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
50
VarietyDennis HarveyMar 15, 2018
Pleasant enough to watch, even innocuous, Dear Dictator is something that gets worse the more you think about it. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 6, 2018
If the filmmakers were as ballsy in scripting it as they had in asking Michael Caine to co-star in it, they’d have had something. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 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
40
Village VoiceTatiana CraineMar 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
38
Slant MagazineWes GreeneMar 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
20
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMar 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
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