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Head of State

DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: March 28, 2003

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44	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews

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38

Chicago Tribune

The difference between Head of State and a good comedy is like the difference between Chris Rock and a real actor. Read full review

38

Charlotte Observer

Lawrence Toppman

Satire's funniest when it's true, but Rock exaggerates and mistimes too many jokes. Read full review

33

Portland Oregonian

Chris Hewitt

Opens with a statement that Hillary Clinton, Bob Dole and Al Sharpton are not in the movie. Also not in the movie: laughs. Read full review

30

Washington Post

Though the comedy falls short of a debacle -- which is what such egocentric projects tend to be -- it isn't as sharp, fast or funny as Rock's stand-up routines. Read full review

30

Austin Chronicle

There’s only the faintest glimmer of Rock’s talent for piercingly funny humor here, a shortcoming for which the comic can only blame himself, given that he also produced and directed the movie. Read full review

30

The New York Times

The very confusion that has made him (Rock) so unpredictable and funny onstage makes this on-screen exploration of contemporary racial mythologies curiously tentative and unfocused. Read full review

25

New York Post

The sloppily shot, crudely edited Head of State fails as satire, for starters, because of its utter disconnect from any kind of reality. Read full review

20

Salon

An excruciatingly amateurish production. Read full review

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