E! Online
Can he learn the value of democracy through his daily altercations with the citizens of the Big Apple?...After Borat and Bruno successfully melded Baron Cohen's fictional-character-confronts-normal-people shtick, director Larry Charles and Baron...
New York Post
May 15, 2012 The Dictator Sacha Baron Cohen tackles a more or less conventionally scripted fish-out-of-water/political satire/romantic comedy/raunchfest in the fitfully amusing The Dictator.'' It ends up being a lot less hilarious than Borat,'' and...
Chicago Tribune
British actor Sacha Baron Cohen gestures as he speaks to the audience before a preview of his latest movie ''The Dictator'' in Cologne May 14, 2012. As the Arab Spring resulted in the deaths of thousands and the ousting of Middle Eastern leaders last...
Los Angeles Times
Haffaz Aladeen as he loses his bearings, his beard and his heart in New York City. "The Dictator" underscores both Baron Cohen's genius and his folly, and delivers the actor's signature blend of scatological outrage, sagacity and at least one full-...
GMA News
Comedy will dominate the opening of the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, with Wes Anderson's child fantasy "Moonrise Kingdom" in a tussle with Sacha Baron Cohen's anarchic alter ego General Aladeen for the attention of the world's media. Thousands...
USA Today
It can range from the inane, such as keeping 25 buxom virgins as a personal security force, to the brutal daily decapitations of anyone who even slightly disagrees. After laughing at crudely funny scenes in The Dictator (**½ out of four; rated R;...