Head of State Critic Reviews

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 the full review

An imperfect movie, but not a boring one and not lacking in intelligence.Read the full review

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 the full review

The key term here is "fairy tale," because, although the movie occasionally tries for dramatic moments, they're overplayed, undercooked, and divorced from reality.Read the full review

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. Read the full review

Gets better -- more rambunctiously astute -- as it goes, and its comic engine sputters into fitful life when Bernie Mac arrives on the scene. Read the full review

Chris Rock was busy directing, producing, co-writing and starring in this light comedy. Given his hilarious stand-up routines, one wishes he had spent a little more time on the script. Read the full review

Pleasing and occasionally very funny movie that maintains a mild but consistent hold on its audience.Read the full review

Offers a smattering of big laughs and an overall tone of ramshackle likability, but considering Rock's talent and the film's potential for smart satire, Head Of State registers as a somewhat wasted opportunity. Read the full review