Exiled from his home country, a deposed North African tyrant struggles to make it in the Big Apple. Needless to say, it's a romantic comedy.
Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley
Larry Charles
Opened May 16, 2012
While I enjoyed the Dictator, especially the more slapstick moments (Cohen excels at the physical), in the end it's a one-trick pony. For a far more complex, black comedic view of what's happening as a result of the Arab Spring in North Africa, I recommend folks read The Publicist by 18-year-old newcomer Veronica Wright. A coming of age story that takes a fish-eyed look at social media, this novel just blew me away.
Only a liberal would give this movie a bad rating. I thought it was funny to laugh at other cultures as a norm but it seems that the opposite is clearly a misdemeanor. I will go to the theaters to this movie and there is no critic on this planet that can change my mind.
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