Head of State
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Metascore
44 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.2 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 23 Ratings

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  • Starring: Bernie Mac, Chris Rock, Lynn Whitfield
  • Summary: Mays Gilliam (Rock) is a Washington, D.C. neighborhood Alderman who is about to be redlined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party forerunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity and thrust into the limelight as his party's nominee -- for President of the United States. (DreamWorks Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 32
  3. Negative: 8 out of 32
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    Rock and Mac exult in the kind of highly charged verbal and physical antics that are star-turn rewards for performers currently at the tops of their games.
  2. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    80
    Chris Rock gets to direct himself, and as a result is finally starring in a laugh-out-loud funny movie.
  3. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    60
    This is silliness of such a special grade, performed with such zest, that it makes you forgive and even forget the movie's foolishness and borderline incoherence.
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  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Mark Caro
    38
    The difference between Head of State and a good comedy is like the difference between Chris Rock and a real actor.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 7 out of 16
  1. [Anonymous]
    10
    Funny and gut busting from start to finish. politically brilliant as well.
  2. OscarR.
    10
    this movie desrves the red carplet not a 44, shame on the reviewers and users.
  3. MarkD.
    10
    the conservative, racist, republican, snotty, uptight should not see this movie...everyone else is in for chris rocks besst treat ever, a instant comedy classic from DC!… Expand
  4. SaerA.
    7
    What the heck are u guys talkin about? Head Of State is a non stop comedy. It was really funny.

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