Dictator

Year: 2012

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Charles

Review

not as good as his previous two films, but still a good combination of high and low art that succeeds fairly well at each. there’s some good commentary about how america has become a dictatorship in some ways as well as some nice jabs at extremists of the hippie variety. the production values aren’t of the highest level, but they’re fine enough. the best bit was when the dictator was in a restaurant and the former exiles of his country wanted to know his name so he gave them a name based upon objects he found around the restaurant. it’s not a new bit, but it was done to a greater extent than i’ve seen before and produced plenty of laughs for me.

Watched in theater