Dear Dictator is an American satire comedy film written and directed by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse. The film stars Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Seth Green, and Jason Biggs. The plot follows a sixteen year-old American girl who becomes the pen pal of a notorious island nation dictator.
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Plot
Tatiana Mills (Odeya Rush), a sixteen-year-old American girl, becomes pen pals with Anton Vincent (Michael Caine), a notorious island nation dictator. When Anton is deposed by his own people, who finally rise up against centuries-long violent European imperialist rule, he unexpectedly seeks refuge in Tatiana's suburban garage. There, he develops a grandfatherly relationship with the teen and her struggling single mom Darlene (Katie Holmes) who is being hit on by her boss. As prospects for taking back his country dim, Anton shifts his focus to Tatiana's high school life, making her a rebel-in-training and teaching her to rule her school like delivering payback to the popular girls that pick on her. Ultimately his plans go too far, requiring Tatiana to rely on her own instincts, skills, and newfound confidence in order to overthrow Anton.
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Cast
- Michael Caine as General Anton Vincent
- Katie Holmes as Darlene Mills
- Odeya Rush as Tatiana Mills
- Seth Green as Dr Charles Seaver
- Jason Biggs as Mr Spines
- Jackson Beard as Denny
- Jay Willick as Det. Diggs
- Adrian Voo as Neighbor
- Fish Myrr as Sarvia
- Hannah Joy Brown as Chivas
- Jordyn Cavros as Gigi
- Tony Guerrero as Pastor Ramirez
Production
The script was shown among the 2006 Black List of unproduced scripts. Also in 2006, the script was presented as a staged reading at the Nantucket Film Festival. Alfred Molina, Robert DeNiro and Anthony Hopkins were previously attached as the dictator role. On June 8, 2016, Michael Caine and Maisie Williams were announced as the lead stars of the film.
Principal photography on the film began on July 29, 2016 in Savannah, Georgia. First photographs of Katie Holmes and Odeya Rush filming scenes for the film were published on E! News on July 31, 2016. Production wrapped in October 2016.
Release
Dear Dictator held advance screenings, under its working title Coup d'Etat, at the Nantucket Film Festival, New Jersey Indie Street Film Festival, Carmel International Film Festival and the Napa Valley Film Festival.
Cinedigm will release the film in North America simultaneously in theaters and on video on demand on March 16, 2018, followed by a DVD release on April 24, 2018. The first trailer was released on January 17, 2018.
Critical response
The film received negative reviews, but the performances of Caine and Rush were praised. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 16% based on 19 reviews, and an average rating of 3.6/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Hollywood Reporter reviewer Justin Lowe commended the film, suggesting "If only every international political crisis were this amusing."
Curiosity
The flag used in this movie, yellow, green and a red star, as the dictator´s land flag is the real one of the French Guyane, an ultramarine department of France in South America.
See also
- Sarah York, American who became the pen pal of Manuel Noriega, then the de facto ruler of Panama, at age 10
- List of fictional dictators
- Michael Caine filmography
References
External links
- Dear Dictator on IMDb
- Dear Dictator at Rotten Tomatoes
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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