Those are breasts? I thought you were a boy. Cohen is hilarious. A scene in which Wadiya tyrant Adm. Gen. Omar Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) is being chased by the police, while on a scooter holding on Zoey's (Anna Faris, 'Scary Movie') breasts. Your another Cohen movie, 'The Dictator' is collaborated with director Larry Charles, like their two previous partnerships: 'Borat' and 'Bruno'. The former is the two's earliest work and is their best and the latter is a follow-up with diminishing laughs. 'The Dictator' however has funnier gags than 'Bruno', and yes, I've had the fainting-hilarious "singing penis" scene in mind before I hopped to this conclusion. At least that is how 'The Dictator' inflicted to me.
Negligibly directed with uneven pacing, comedy and plot, 'The Dictator' thankfully remained working in wonders courtesy of a strong lead actor and a thought-provoking piece.
Adm. Gen. Omar Aladeen is the dictator to a Northern African (fictional) country of Wadiya [that explains me blubbering in the cinema, what?? There's no Wadiya country in North Africa! *yes, I'm half-nerd, half-dumb*]. He likes his country oppressed that he will take measures when democracy is suggested. He literally even spilled Kim Jong-Il's (an infamous Korean dictator who died December last year, an opening gag will reveal that the movie is dedicated to Kim Jong-Il) ashes on Ryan Seacrest in an Oscar's. Because of this, the tyrant received invitation to New York to deliver a speech for the United Nations.
Upon arrival to the Big Apple, Aladeen will be put to a situation wherein he's beardless therefore unrecognized as the great dictator of Wadiya. He attempts to interfere the speech, where his closely equally moronic "double" (played by Cohen too) replaces him, but was held by the policemen causing a chaotic war between bystanders and rallyists. There Aladeen meets Zoey, an activist that fights for almost everything: better health; zero-racism; and equal rights for the gay and lesbians. Alongside his previously "executed" nuclear expert, Nadal (Jason Mantzoukas), Aladeen "risks his life to ensure that democracy to the country he so lovingly oppressed" (Paramount).
Sacha Baron Cohen is one of the most funniest people in the world, I am sure that no hired-assassin will kill me at night if and only if this notion was wrong. He delivers the movie well like with his two previous films. Anna Faris, whom we knew as Sydney in the Scary Movie franchise plays Zoey, a little too active activist. She plays well, at least she does not offer your wrist-slitting acting that majority of the actors usually give the masses. Ben Kingsley plays right-hand to the general and plays very good in this film. The majority of the poli-slapstick-com in the movie came from Cohen and you can't really top that. The movie had very tasty blend of one-liners, physical gags and the ever working racist jokes.
The predicament that the majority of the viewers may or may not encounter is the problems in the story and admittedly, in rare times, the comedy. It's uneven in every way you can imagine, although you will find it very good if you are just wanting to have a fun time. Fun time: certified you can get in this wild com, I'll bet my head chopped off. There could have been moments in the movie when you will realize what the? I'm neither smiling or laughing. This movie sucks. You're a normal person, congratulations. But once Cohen gets to build the comic climax, you'll be more or less struggling to refuse laughing. If I were to be asked, Cohen should really start to make work with a new director, one that has more careful decision-making (although I admire Larry Charles' slapdash moves sometimes). He's such a funny actor and he really could be in better movies. Even better than this.
Delightfully funny and entertainingly pulpy, 'The Dictator' proves one thing or more: Cohen is a gleaming star that will someday dictate the genre of comedy. Suck it, Adam Sandler [insert You Don't Mess With The Zohan meme here]!
GRADE: B+
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