@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-29 13:00 UTC
The Great Dictator should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.
1940 · Comedy / Drama / War
The Great Dictator
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
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RELEASE DATE
1940
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Comedy / Drama / War
PLOT SUMMARY
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@RATIO_RAT2025-12-15 08:00 UTC
The Great Dictator has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
@REEL_DEAL2025-12-08 00:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, The Great Dictator would settle the national debt.
@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-04 02:00 UTC
The Great Dictator is what improv class warned you about.
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r/criticalkino · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 2.9k points
Hot Take: The Great Dictator's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Rewatched The Great Dictator last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/movies · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 2.5k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Great Dictator?
Everyone praising the The Great Dictator performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 2.1k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in The Great Dictator?
Look, I wanted to love The Great Dictator. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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