Movie review: The Dictator (2012)

Sacha Baron Cohen may literally be one of the most offensive film directors of all time. Each one of his movies seems to offend more and more people. However, The Dictator is fortunately one of these movies. It's the story of a dictator in a communist run country who finds himself in a series of strange stunts and situations. This movie wasn't like Borat where every ethnicity was made fun of, but I did find a lot of really offensive jokes in this movie. I'm not gonna repeat any of them, because that would probably just start more controversy, but no one is safe in this film. The truth is, the film is actually really funny. I enjoy Cohen's films because they are comedies. If he starts making any other genre of movie, I probably will tune out. The other thing that is really good in this movie is the acting. The portrayals of various stereotypes are so painfully accurate that you can't help and not give a round of applause. Overall, The Dictator is a raunchy, and extremely funny movie that offends, but rocks too. Three Stars