
The Dictator(2012)
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.


“She thought she was a rebel... Until she met a real one”
When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge and hides with a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and ends up teaching the young teen how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.

Michael Caine
General Anton Vincent

Odeya Rush
Tatiana Mills

Katie Holmes
Darlene Mills

Seth Green
Dr. Charles Seaver

Jason Biggs
Mr. Spines

Adrian Voo
Neighbor

Jackson Beard
Denny
Fish Myrr
Sarvia
Jordyn Cavros
Gigi
Hannah Joy Brown
Chivas
Dear Dictator is a comedy film released in 2018 exploring themes of dictator, revolution, caribbean sea, teen rebel. Directed by Joe Syracuse, it stars Michael Caine, Odeya Rush, Katie Holmes. When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge and hides with a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and ends up teaching the young teen how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.
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