The Dictator- Karl Sides (The Flick Fanatic.com)

Posted by Karl May 17, 2012 | Movie: The Dictator
The Dictator- Karl Sides (The Flick Fanatic.com) Sasha Baron Cohen is hilarious as the evil dictator General Aladeen! Director Larry Charles has made a living out of making us laugh at Sasha Baron Cohen’s stereotypical alternate personalities like Borat, the immigrant who comes to American to learn our customs and take them and Pam Anderson back to Kazakhstan or Bruno the openly gay model that comes to take over American fashion. This time Sasha takes aim at evil dictators around the globe by dedicating the film, in the opening credits, to the late ruler of North Korea Kim Jong IL. The rest of the film is a who’s who of comic talent featuring Anna Farris, John C. Reilly and Sir Ben...

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“The Dictator” – Kevin Brackett (Review St. Louis)

Posted by Kevin Brackett May 16, 2012 | Movie: The Dictator
The Dictator is Sacha Baron Cohen’s first departure from taking one of his well known characters from The Ali G Show to the big screen. And unlike Borat and Bruno, his latest endeavor is not a faux documentary – but rather an actual scripted comedy like his first film Ali G InDaHouse. Depending on how you look at it, this could either be a good thing or a bad thing. Sacha Baron Cohen as 'The Dictator' Admiral General Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) is the dictator of Wadiya, a fictional country in north Africa. Aladeen is a firm ruler, who wants to make sure that not even the smallest notion of Democracy makes it’s...

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