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<p>If you go into &#8220;The Dictator&#8221; with &#8220;Borat&#8221; expectations, you will most certainly be disappointed. But if you go in with &#8220;Ali G Indahouse&#8221; expectations, they will most certainly be exceeded.</p>
<p>Complete with a small role from The Daily Show&#8217;s Aasif Mandvi, &#8220;The Dictator&#8221; is the perfect combination of really smart and really stupid humor that will probably alienate anyone whose humor levels are in between. I thought it was funny, and I love me a good <a href="http://clantilyscad.com/2011/05/24/thor-an-allegory-of-one-mans-internal-struggle-with-bicuriosity-and-penis-size/">dick joke</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Dictator&#8221; is a tale of love and betrayal, riddled with genocide, racism, and dick jokes. When Admiral General Hafez Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) is betrayed by his uncle, Tamir (Ben Kingsley-otherwise known as that bald, secondary character associated with movies in the desert), he will end up in the strange unknown country of America.</p>
<p>By a series of forced plot devices, Aladeen will meet his love interest Zoey (Anna Farris), a corporate-hating, vegan-loving Brooklynite. Complete with a gender-neutral haircut and love for protesting, it&#8217;s a caricature that manages to be more accurate than offensive. (I&#8217;ve been to Williamsburg. Don&#8217;t deny it, hipsters.) Because nothing says true love like a feminist urban homesteader + brutal dictator wanted for war crimes.</p>
<p>Cultural confusion and dicks ensue.</p>
<p>If you are expecting a mockumentary, then you didn&#8217;t pay attention to the marketing of the movie. &#8220;The Dictator&#8221; is more like &#8220;The Hangover 2&#8221; if you replaced Zach Galifianakis with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It&#8217;s an Adam Sandler movie, if you replaced Adam Sandler with someone with talent and added relevant political satire.</p>
<p>If anything, the film proves that Sacha Baron Cohen is an extremely versatile actor. And from the 0.5 seconds of it, has a pretty impressive flaccid cock.</p>
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