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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 15 May 2012

A mediocre knockoff of Coming to America, if Prince Akeem had been both less funny, and a notorious war criminal…

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By Christopher Orr (399) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 15 May 2012

A bit scattershot and schticky, the film never quite settles into a consistent comic rhythm…

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By Randy Cordova (352) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 May 2012

For the most part, the movie's rhythms feel slightly off -- there are long stretches without a laugh -- and there is a mean-spirited air to…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 15 May 2012

The Dictator leaves you laughing helplessly. It starts at outrageous and rockets on from there. Screw the occasional sputter…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for NPR (1,713) on 15 May 2012

The good news is that The Dictator is a loose and silly and occasionally exhilarating political farce in the tradition of Chaplin's The Great…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 15 May 2012

You can feel the screenwriters and director Larry Charles laboring to pad the film out to its relatively brief 82-minute running time…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 15 May 2012

The Dictator is what you would expect from a movie starring Sacha Baron Cohen…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 15 May 2012

Cohen is an equal opportunity humorist…

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By Rich Phippen (72) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 15 May 2012

One cannot help but wonder how far Cohen can take the offensiveness routine before audiences figure out he's a comedian with very few jokes…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 15 May 2012

For once, Baron Cohen has a real script and a supporting cast as skilled at improv as he is. And those complementary elements make a difference…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 15 May 2012

It reasserts Baron Cohen as a comic force who can't be ignored, dedicated to pushing the envelope and working with real ideas…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 15 May 2012

As for Baron Cohen, he's a great comic but his acting can still use work - most of his funniest lines appear to have been dubbed over other…

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By Peter Paras (106) for E! Online (838) on 15 May 2012

The comedian's mix of politics and gross-out humor is funny, but the story is predictable and lacks bite…

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By Hazmarfauz (1) on 15 May 2012

All in all a very disappointing movie, too much hype with the trailer.... It's watchable but would not say I laughed my head off…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 15 May 2012

Cohen deserves credit for his audacity. He refuses to compromise and is willing to risk offending large segments of the audience in the meantime…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Reason Online (497) on 15 May 2012

Unfortunately, the story - a parody of a Middle Eastern autocrat not unlike the late Muammar Gaddafi - is strained, and the parody dated…

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By Joshua Starnes (554) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 15 May 2012

Cohen's mockumentary and social satire tastes may not be everyone's cup of tea, but there can be no doubt he knows what he's about in that…

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By Karthxlr (53) on 15 May 2012

The Dictator suffers the same problem as many comedies these days: The best bits are in the trailer, and many of the jokes rely on pop culture…

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By Zachariah_Swope (1) on 15 May 2012

It is one of Sasha Baron Cohen's film and his first scripted. Funny, but cliche. Decent comedy and worth the price of admission…

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By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 15 May 2012

The only achievement of Cohen's 'watch-me-shock-you…

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