Dear Dictator

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Michael Caine and Odeya Rush in Dear Dictator (2017)

When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator (Michael Caine) to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with his pen pal, a rebellious teenage girl (Odeya Rush) in suburban America, and teaches her how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.

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When political turmoil forces dictator General Anton Vincent to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with rebellious American teenager Tatiana Mills and shows her how to start a revolutio... Read allWhen political turmoil forces dictator General Anton Vincent to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with rebellious American teenager Tatiana Mills and shows her how to start a revolution that may overthrow her mean classmates.When political turmoil forces dictator General Anton Vincent to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with rebellious American teenager Tatiana Mills and shows her how to start a revolution that may overthrow her mean classmates.

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Trivia
General Anton Vincent's (Sir Michael Caine's) fictional national motto is "Homeland or Death". This is a literal translation from Spanish "Patria o Muerte", which was (and is) Cuban national motto under Fidel Castro. The Cuban Communist regime, with its climate, tropical location, uniforms, and even Anton's appearance, is heavily referenced in this movie.

Goofs
When Anton Vincent cooks dinner for Tatiana and her mother, he says the dish is "Mole Maria". Actually, there is no such a thing: "Mole Maria" is a popular Mexican trademark for a commercial mole paste.

Quotes
Dr. Charles Seaver: You're insane.
Darlene Mills: I thought that's what you liked about me.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Katie Holmes/Brian Tyree Henry/U.S. Women's Hockey Team/Meghan Trainor (2018)

Soundtracks
El Jarabe Tapatío
Performed by Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

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Featured review

7/10

like Rush and Caine

Tatiana Mills (Odeya Rush) is an American suburban teen. Her single mom Darlene (Katie Holmes) is having an affair with her married dentist boss Dr Charles Seaver (Seth Green) with a foot fetish. The whale-tailed mean girls at school call themselves the Slushies. She has a crush on her Christian friend Denny. Her social studies teacher Mr Spines (Jason Biggs) give the class an assignment to write to a pen pal. She picks ruthless Latin American dictator Anton Vincent (Michael Caine). When American backed rebels overtake his country, he finds his way into Tatiana's garage.

It's a wacky Mean Girls take with a bloody dictator. I'm a little leery of Caine as a Latin American dictator. Rush is a pretty good standard grumpy teen. There are a lot of wackiness but it rarely results in laughs. There are some moments of surprise laughs, mostly with Rush and Caine together. I really like that combo. I do wish for taking on more risk and pushing more comedy into the movie. It does help that I like both Rush and Caine.