Dear Dictator (Blu-ray)
She thought she was a rebel... Until she met a real one
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: April 24, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Hector Coup Llc
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Seth Green & Jason Biggs | |
| Directed by | Lisa Addario & Joe Syracuse | |
| Screenwriting by | Lisa Addario & Joe Syracuse | |
| Director of Photography: | Wyatt Troll |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 3/4 --
[A] just-shy-of-great teen comedy.
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RogerEbert.com
3 stars out of 4 -- DEAR DICTATOR is the rare high-concept coming-of-age story with enough warmth and smart-ass charm to make it accessible for a fairly wide cross-section of moviegoers.
RogerEbert.com
Although the filmmakers name-check and appear to draw inspiration from Mean Girls, they've missed the mark on truly biting satire, leaving Dear Dictator toothless and silly.
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Village Voice
Rating: 1.75/5 --
Appropriates and then drains all subversion out of its punk and revolutionary trappings in favor of contrived, melodramatic pap.
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Spectrum Culture
Distinguished only by the fact that co-writer-directors Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse convinced the great Michael Caine to costar in this thudding mishmash.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/10 --
Dear Dictator makes you hope for something subversive, and there occasional flashes of potential, but then it always falls back into the easiest, most obvious route.
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Under the Radar
Rating: 5/10 --
While Michael Caine is always fun to watch, unfortunately, the pacing/editing is not on a par with the writing. The satire should have been sharper and more subversive.
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SSG Syndicate
Product Description:
A brutal communist dictator (Michael Caine) flees his Caribbean country to evade execution. He ends up occupying the home of a feisty teenage girl (Odeya Rush) in suburban America, and the two form an unlikely friendship as the dictator helps her fight back against her bullying classmates. Katie Holmes, Seth Green, and Jason Biggs co-star. Written and directed by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse.
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