Head of State

Name: Head of State
Genre: Comedy
Released: March 28, 2003
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Bernie Mac, Chris Rock, Lynn Whitfield

2003

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DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: March 28, 2003 | PG-13

Starring: Bernie Mac, Chris Rock, Lynn Whitfield

Summary: Mays Gilliam (Chris 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]

Director: Chris Rock

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 95 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

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. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Not the sharpest political humor I've ever heard, but it gets my vote for the stupidest fun I've had in a long time. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

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.

Manohla Dargis

Rock can't set up a decent-looking shot, and he doesn't care about niceties such as character development and all that narrative downtime in between jokes. But he nonetheless wrings biting humor from serious issues with the sort of ferocity that made Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce men of respect as well as comedy. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

Pandering, stiffly acted and brimming with awkward (if progressive) political posturing, Rock's films attempt to filter old Hollywood formula through a hip-hop sensibility. Read full review

Mark Caro

The difference between Head of State and a good comedy is like the difference between Chris Rock and a real actor. Read full review

Charles Taylor

An excruciatingly amateurish production. Read full review

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MarkD.

Aug 1, 2006

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!

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[Anonymous]

Aug 1, 2006

Funny and gut busting from start to finish. politically brilliant as well.

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OscarR.

Aug 1, 2006

this movie desrves the red carplet not a 44, shame on the reviewers and users.

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SaerA.

Apr 25, 2004

What the heck are u guys talkin about? Head Of State is a non stop comedy. It was really funny.

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