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The Dictator (2012) 6.4
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6.4/10 from 127,356 users
Metascore: 58/100
Reviews: 261 user | 292 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. Director:Larry Charles |
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Cast
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Doctor
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Patient
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Newscaster Voiceover
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Elsayed Mohamed | ... |
Wadiyan Olympic Official
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Adeel Akhtar | ... |
Maroush
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Aide on Balcony
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Tamir
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The Republic of Wadiya is ruled by an eccentric and oppressive leader named Hafez Aladeen. Aladeen is summoned to New York to a UN assembly to address concerns about his country's nuclear weapons program, but the trip goes awry. Written by Sam
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Rated R for strong crude and sexual content, brief male nudity, language and some violent images | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
16 May 2012 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El dictador See more »Box Office
Budget:
$65,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$17,435,092 (USA) (18 May 2012)Gross:
$59,617,068 (USA) (20 July 2012)Company Credits
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Written by Dolly Parton
Performed by Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez (as Michelle J. Nasser)
Produced by Peter Amato & Erran Baron Cohen
Translated by Souhail Kaspar (uncredited) & Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez (uncredited)
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The government house is modeled after Argentina's Pink House. See more »Goofs
Zoey tells Aladeen that she went to Amherst (College), but she mispronounces it. The "h" is silent. See more »Quotes
Waiter: [General Aladeen has wandered into a restaurant full of Wadiyan ex patriots] Welcome to the Death To Aladeen Restaurant. If you hate General Aladeen and like good food, this is the place for you.See more »
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Extra scenes during the end credits, including making-of moments. See more »Soundtracks
"9 to 5"Written by Dolly Parton
Performed by Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez (as Michelle J. Nasser)
Produced by Peter Amato & Erran Baron Cohen
Translated by Souhail Kaspar (uncredited) & Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez (uncredited)
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I wish there were more comedies like that - crossing over the political correctness line, but not over the line of good taste, so as to make a movie hard to watch.
The film is quite pointy, it is for a moderate audience and will make all kinds of extremists quite unhappy. The plot is well thought out and funny. It'll nail you to the screen.
I like the unorthodox character of this film, Sacha Baron Cohen's movies are definitely one of the kind. I wouldn't consider the humor crude, but it is certainly honest. Some of the unthinkable things you see are likely to have happened in reality.