Overall impression: Stupid.<\/p>\n
I’ve generally liked Sasha Cohen’s films.\u00a0 I thought Borat was inspired.\u00a0 Or at least funny as shit.\u00a0 But what should have been a tip off for me on this movie was his turn in Taladega Nights.\u00a0 He just wasn’t funny in it.\u00a0 I’m not sure he can be funny in a scripted comedy.\u00a0 Any examples?\u00a0 I can’t think of one.<\/p>\n
The Dictator would work if it were 2 or 3 SNL shorts.\u00a0 There isn’t enough material for a whole movie.\u00a0 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).<\/p>\n
There are a few laughs, and some cock; but the film is utterly missable.<\/p>\n
The best part is when Cohen’s dictator describes how awesome America would be if it had a dictatorship instead of democracy.\u00a0 His hypothetical description is accurate to today’s America.\u00a0 Which is a useful point, but it does not make a movie.<\/p>\n
Skip the shit out of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Overall impression: Stupid. I’ve generally liked Sasha Cohen’s films.\u00a0 I thought Borat was inspired.\u00a0 Or at least funny as shit.\u00a0 But what should have been a tip off for me on this movie was his turn in Taladega Nights.\u00a0 He … Continue reading