Hafez Aladeen is the ruler of Wadiya in North Africa and his comedic but oppressive mode of leadership.
6 May 1963, Bailey Island, Maine, USA
29 November 1976, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4 November 1985, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
20 August 1979, New York, New York, USA
12 May 1965, Frunze, USSR
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
4 December 1966, Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA
6 August 1970, London, England, UK
May 03, 2015
Feels more like one of those lousy SNL movies from the early nineties than the work of our sharpest contemporary satirist.May 17, 2012
Now [Cohen is] turning material both fresh and rancid into tepid gruel.May 17, 2012
On the laughmeter The Dictator is closer to Borat than to the misfired Bruno, which is to say it's funny for about half of its brisk 83 minutes.May 03, 2016
The problem is that, unlike Ali G, Borat, and Brüno, Aladeen is less a force of nature than a scripted performance.May 16, 2012
Most of The Dictator had me neither laughing nor shocked, but just staring at the screen in anxious is-that-all-there-is? silence.June 02, 2013
A mix of gimme jokes and fish-out-of-water observations about a foreigner's introduction to New York City that were rendered clichéd by 'Crocodile Dundee.'March 04, 2013
Underrated comic excellence from Sacha Baron Cohen with plenty of sharp satire lacing the broader gross-out gags.June 23, 2013
This is not a character who can hold the center of a movie for 90 minutes.June 30, 2013
This comedy succeeds as a crude, inventive and humours look at a dumb despot.March 04, 2013
Consistently offensive, and not in a way that should automatically be dismissed as 'edgy' or 'provocative'.May 22, 2012
The film has a vicious edge that the Marx Brothers didn't have, and it's too low-minded to achieve their enchanting blend of anarchy and surrealism.May 16, 2012
A bit scattershot and schticky, the film never quite settles into a consistent comic rhythm. Yet for fans of Baron Cohen's work there are plenty of moments of crass hilarity.