Overall impression: Stupid.
I’ve generally liked Sasha Cohen’s films. I thought Borat was inspired. Or at least funny as shit. But what should have been a tip off for me on this movie was his turn in Taladega Nights. He just wasn’t funny in it. I’m not sure he can be funny in a scripted comedy. Any examples? I can’t think of one.
The Dictator would work if it were 2 or 3 SNL shorts. There isn’t enough material for a whole movie. And the main character in Cohen’s other movies (the horrified general public who don’t know his character’s fake) is missing here as this is an actual movie with actors and a script(ish).
There are a few laughs, and some cock; but the film is utterly missable.
The best part is when Cohen’s dictator describes how awesome America would be if it had a dictatorship instead of democracy. His hypothetical description is accurate to today’s America. Which is a useful point, but it does not make a movie.
Skip the shit out of it.