The Dictator produced by and stars Sacho Baron Cohen, of Borat fame. The plot is about Aladeen, the dictator of fictional country Wadiya. We're first shown the ridiculous things that he does, and only able to do, because of his oppression. It's funny and tame by the rest of the film's standards. Once he travels to America, in order to reject the sanctions of the UN, the humor becomes more racist and crude. Some of it works but most of them, they're more exaggerated and outlandish than funny or clever. Aladeen finds himself tricked and must somehow reclaim his position after being thrown out into the streets of New York. The pacing of the film is uneven, which makes for stretches of boredom where nothing noteworthy happens. A romantic interest is shoehorned in and of course, Aladeen will get some doubts in himself and his actions. The ending felt like the film gave up, especially with the desperation actions of his adviser, Uncle Tamir, and what had happened to his double. The Dictator is a mediocre film, the racist overtone is more to generate controversy than actually being funny.
