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  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • DreamWorks Distribution
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • DreamWorks Distribution
  • 1 h 35 m

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]

Directed By: Chris Rock

Written By: Ali LeRoi, Chris Rock

  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • DreamWorks Distribution
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • DreamWorks Distribution
  • 1 h 35 m

Head of State

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews
44
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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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]

Directed By: Chris Rock

Written By: Ali LeRoi, Chris Rock

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Metascore
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Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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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.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
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When Rock hits he's dangerously funny. If he didn't try so hard to be liked, he'd be even more dangerous.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
50
I'd like Head of State better if it had less cartoonish violence, and if its gags weren't so predictable. Rock is in fine comic form, though, and his directing debut shows real promise.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
50
A tepid amalgam of other, similarly themed movies.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
40
So beneath the considerable talents of its star, Chris Rock, it's dismaying to note Rock is also the movie's director, producer and co-scenarist. Not unlike Richard Pryor a generation ago, Rock has yet to land a movie vehicle that captures the sparky energy and subversive bent of his excellent stand-up performances.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
33
Opens with a statement that Hillary Clinton, Bob Dole and Al Sharpton are not in the movie. Also not in the movie: laughs.
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An excruciatingly amateurish production.
By Charles Taylor FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dreamworks Pictures, 3 Arts Entertainment
Release Date Mar 28, 2003
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline The only thing white is the house.
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Awards

BET Comedy Awards
• 5 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 2 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination

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