Sacha Baron
Cohen is in this again. After brilliant comedy Borat and absolutely terrible
Bruno, he brings another comedy, where he plays Aladeen – the head of small
Arab country, who opposes any kind of democracy and will never let anything
looking like freedom to sneak into his kingdom.
Cohen got
an absolutely unique niche in the entertainment industry. His characters become
something more than just fiction. Borat was outstanding in some sense; the
jokes from the movie were quickly learnt and quoted by almost everyone who bothered
to watch the movie (despite the notorious quality of the jokes, which exploited
practically only a couple of topics). Bruno, on the other hand, failed badly.
Partly because of the high expectations, partly because of the poor plot, but
the movie failed to amuse in the same shocking and provocative way. This is why
I was a bit worried about the Dictator – the movie could have gone in both
directions.
