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By Brian Henry Martin (100) for UTV (100) on 16 May 2012

Not for the faint-hearted, political correctness has once again been abandoned by the British comedian for wanton buffoonery and slapstick satire…

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By Jason Buchanan (161) for TV Guide (1,527) on 16 May 2012

The Dictator offers sidesplitting proof that, improvised or not, Cohen's gift for cultural caricature is still intact…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 16 May 2012

A climactic speech on the lessons Western democracy might learn from Middle Eastern despotism offers a few moments of pure brilliance…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 16 May 2012

If Baron Cohen is going to continue making scripted comedies, he needs to work with directors far less slapdash than Larry Charles…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 16 May 2012

Perhaps its fatigue with Cohen's comedic impulses or some good old-fashioned lazy writing, but The Dictator, while occasionally hilarious,…

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By Neil Rosen (146) for NY1-TV (146) on 16 May 2012

Bottom line, I didn't laugh as much as I wanted to…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 16 May 2012

The Dictator has a flimsy plot and occasionally misfires but it also delivers several decent laughs (albeit highly offensive ones) and earns…

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By Damon Wise (265) for Radio Times (2,421) on 16 May 2012

Formulaic, yet scrappy, and extremely funny in fits and starts, General Aladeen is the first of Cohen comic creations to get a better vehicle…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Nerdist (550) on 15 May 2012

Perhaps the best analog for this dictator is someone like Eric Cartman - you'd never want to know him, but you can't stop laughing anyhow,…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 15 May 2012

an affable piece of work that benefits from the inclusion of several gut-bustingly hilarious bits of over-the-top comedy…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 15 May 2012

The Dictator is not a particularly inspired comedy but if I am to be fair, I must note that there are a few moments here and there where I…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 15 May 2012

Mixes its high and low comedy with surprising success…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for OK! Magazine (124) on 15 May 2012

Take away Cohen's ability to trap idiots into making fools of themselves is like stripping Superman of his ability to soar…

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By David Stratton (799) for At the Movies (Australia) (716) on 15 May 2012

It builds up to this extraordinary finale and this speech he makes, which is like something out of Frank Capra practically…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 15 May 2012

You have to give Baron Cohen credit, not only for audaciousness (as he has proved with his worldwide promotional stunts for The Dictator) but…

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By Margaret Pomeranz (380) for At the Movies (Australia) (716) on 15 May 2012

[Baron Cohen]'s concocted what I think is his most sophisticated film to date…

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By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 15 May 2012

Nothing here is sustained, neither the feel-good redemption narrative nor the insistence that the jolly hero is a genuinely fearsome monster…

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By Erin Free (200) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 15 May 2012

A disappointing, often repulsive and mean-spirited mess of a film with seemingly only one real criterion on its agenda: to shock and offend…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Trespass (429) on 15 May 2012

Utterly inappropriate yet intermittently entertaining feature certainly has its moments…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 15 May 2012

The conventional meet-cute love story at the center of The Dictator feels like a bizarre concession to some nonexistent demographic that prefers…

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