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Head of State (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 116
Fresh: 35
Rotten:81
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Consensus: Head of State squanders its potentially ripe premise with watered-down satire and formulaic gags.
Theatrical Release: Mar 28, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $37,788,228
Synopsis: Celebrated comedian-writer-actor-talk show host Chris Rock can now add film director to his resume. Cowritten by Rock and Ali LeRoi, HEAD OF STATE follows an unassuming Washington D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock), as he finds himself... [More]
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Not merely satisfied with stereotyping whites, Rock insists on taking shots at blacks, fat people, poor people and even spina bifida patients.
09/20/04
Chris Rock suffers from painful verbal constipation in this PG-13 clunker. Hollywood, make it NC-17 when Chris and Bernie run for re-election.
07/18/04
Although a reheated formula, Head of State dishes out a few original laughs due to in part to the writing of Chris Rock.
01/26/04
It may be an overly simplistic fantasy, but it's a funny one, and you won't find anything at the cineplex more relevant.
01/05/04
Rock serves as star, director, co-writer, and co-producer, so he can’t point fingers at anyone else when the film loses its way.
01/04/04
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10/17/03
Top Critic With the whole country watching him, Chris Rock has absolutely nothing of substance to say.
09/07/03
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08/08/03
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Like so many of his other films, it's still not the movie that Chris Rock’s fans know he’s capable of making.
06/26/03
. . .no one has talked about prosecuting Chris Rock for his torture of a captive movie audience with his new film Head of State.
06/04/03
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