20121h 23mDir. Joseph P. Reidy

The Dictator

Name: The Dictator
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2012-05-15
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas, Sayed Badreya

“Make way for Aladeen.”

Comedy

3.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 3.5 ★vs2nd Half: 3.5 ★

CineFriendz Split-Rating Metric (Pacing & Climax breakdown)

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Starring:Sacha Baron Cohen,Ben Kingsley,Anna Faris,Jason Mantzoukas,Sayed Badreya

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Sacha Baron Cohen

Aladeen / Efawadh

Ben Kingsley

Tamir

Anna Faris

Zoey

Jason Mantzoukas

Nadal

Sayed Badreya

Omar

Adeel Akhtar

Maroush

Aasif Mandvi

Doctor

Rizwan Manji

Patient

Rocky Citron

Baby Aladeen

Liam Campora

Aladeen Age 6

Rick Chambers

Newscaster Voiceover (voice)

Elsayed Mohamed

Wadiyan Olympic Official

Key Production Crew

Director

Larry Charles

Screenplay & Writers

Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel

Cinematography

Lawrence Sher

Original Score

Erran Baron Cohen

Producers

Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Scott Rudin

Film Details

Budget$65,000,000

Box Office Revenue$179,379,533

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Paramount PicturesBerg Mandel Schaffer ProductionsScott Rudin ProductionsFour by Two Films

Keywords & Themes

#petrol#culture clash#dictator#coup d'etat#satire#parody#uncle#conspiracy#female soldier#united nations

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

3.5

This Movie is very funny and its.........just great.I've literally watched this 9 times and every time its the same fun.It is A great movie to watch especially for comedy-genre lovers.

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