He gave us Borat, Ali G, and Brüno – now we get The Dictator. Sacha Baron Cohen stars as a Middle Eastern dictoator who gets sent to the United States, it tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. Megan Fox, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, B.J. Novak, Aasif Mandvi, and Jason Mantzouakas also star.
I didn’t find it all too funny, but I may come round. Cohen tends to get into a role 100% and give it his all which makes it great. I’m not a fan of timey jokes (there’s a Kardashian joke in here), but it will work in a movie like this that won’t necessarily stand the test of time itself.
Watch the first trailer below, Directed by Larry Charles (Borat), The Dictator opens May 11, 2012.
We don’t know how she got out of her room. It’s as if she evaporated, straight through the walls. – Dr. John Cawley
