The Dictator
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 16, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
16
Negative:
4
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38
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMay 14, 2012
The latest collaboration between Cohen and director Larry Charles proves the formula they created with "Borat" and then started to milk dry with "Brüno" has finally run out of juice. Time to move on, guys. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundMay 12, 2012
Its dolly- and crane-operated polish points toward an acquiescence to Tinseltown mores, which until now Baron Cohen hovered cheekily above. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesMay 15, 2012
Cohen probably thinks he's Charlie Chaplin lampooning Hitler, but of course Hitler was still on top of the world when "The Great Dictator" came out in 1940; Cohen is actually Chaplin's antithesis, a first-world bully content to target the Other. Read full review
25
Washington PostAnn HornadayMay 14, 2012
Even amid the hit-and-miss broadsides and laugh-free longueurs that comprise most of The Dictator, Cohen's acute hypocrisy-detector keeps on ticking, if barely. Read full review
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