Head of State (2003)
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)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Chris Rock
Written By: Chris Rock, Ali LeRoi
Starring: Keith David, Chris Rock, Dylan Baker, James Rebhorn, Reg E. Cathey, Tracy Morgan, Lynn Whitfield, Robin Givens, Jude Ciccolella, Bernie Mac, Tamala Jones, Stephanie March
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Head of State belongs to 11 collections
1. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)
2. American politics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 7 stars)
3. Director/star combination (collaborative: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
4. President Of The United States (collaborative: moderated by Hailey - 3 stars)
5. Movies with Black leads (collaborative: moderated by PerryStroika - 3 stars)
6. African-American protagonist (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 3 stars)
7. Netflix instant LATAM (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom - 1 star)
8. Dreamworks Studios (collaborative: moderated by nauru)
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| Jan 03, 2022 |  |
glumpy_99 | 63 22nd |
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Messy and ungainly satire is fairly toothless for the most part – there’s a perhaps unintentionally interesting dichotomy between the fiery and satisfying sequences where Rock riffs on various political topics with the barely concealed anger of a Carlin or Pryor versus the film proper following a predictable plot line almost by rote, while not seeming to have much of an idea as to how politics works, except in the broadest of strokes. Likable enough, but pretty middling.
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| Apr 19, 2021 |  |
kadikoy | 60 48th |
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İşin cılkını çıkarmış 1 politik komedi. Chris Rock'un belediye meclisinde çalışan 1 görevli. Başkan adayları ölünce, yerine geçmesi istenecek. Eğlenceli, komik ama itici. Yalnız geleceği iyi görmüş. Filmin sonunda, kazanan Barack Obama. Güvenlik.
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| Jan 04, 2021 |  |
MargusTa | 37 18th |
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Huge success on big screens as thrown Chris Rock so far that he is starting to hallucinate. And his named the mental state as "Head of State". Pretty weak comedy.
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| Dec 01, 2019 |  |
Batmantis | 70 50th |
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Who knew rescuing someone from a building about to be demolished (i.e. local news stuff) would net you a free presidential candidacy? Chris Rock knew... Who knew selecting a running mate was something that could wait until five weeks before election? Chris Rock knew... Who knew that the (one, apparently) presidential debate could wait until the night before the election? ...... I do like this movie, in spite of the amount of liberties taken. It's hard not to root for Chris Rock for president.
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| Jul 14, 2015 |  |
Gnalkhere | 20 2nd |
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Bernie Mac was funnier and it only got me like 1 laugh out of the whole thing this film was shit
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| May 21, 2014 |  |
Paxton | 21 2nd |
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Two unforgivable things: I saw a making of featurette that included Chris Rock saying that he had actually been kicking this idea around for a number of years. This idea, the least inspired, most hackneyed concept Rock has been involved with (which is not a pretty list). Secondly, the description of this movie on this very website has a written in record scratch (marked here as "--")
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| Mar 01, 2012 |  |
SirStuckey | 50 23rd |
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Like we would ever elect a black president.
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| Oct 14, 2011 |  |
SlantMag | 15 21st |
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"Head of State is only concerned with false election results which, in the end, makes it that much more useless." - Ed Gonzalez
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| Jun 16, 2011 |  |
CMonster | 25 9th |
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Chris Rock doesn't quite translate the humor in his writing of stand-up to the writing of his movies. It was just disappointing because I know he is a funny guy.
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| Oct 01, 2010 |  |
omgfridge | 2 19th |
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Rock can do so much better.
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| Sep 20, 2010 |  |
hellboy76 | 60 26th |
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I actually laughed quite a bit at this, particularly Bernie Mac and Tracy Morgan's spots. I may have been drunk, or perhaps it was very late at night though, cause thinking back on it, those are the only parts I remember...
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| May 28, 2009 |  |
Mentaculus | 27 7th |
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What's worse? This or Bad Company? Which one has a dumber name?
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| Jan 25, 2009 |  |
eric-jan | 55 6th |
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Amusing. Really got annoyed by the fat guy.
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| Sep 07, 2008 |  |
Vandelay1 | 38 32nd |
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not so good
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| Apr 08, 2008 | snarky | 65 18th |
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Not that great, but Chris Rock always manages to salvage at least a watchable performance, if not a decent one. Still a horrible movie, but something that if you happen to pass by it on TV is worth a few moments until a commercial break.
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| Dec 04, 2007 |  |
nandorizzi | 50 36th |
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Medium. Chris Rock has not yet managed to be really funny in films, as in other places.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | Mugmoor | 65 25th |
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damn you chris rock, damn you.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Neil Miller (Film School Rejects) | 40 10th |
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Mildly entertaining. Chris Rock is his usual funny but mostly just annoying self in a plot that is just too out there for my tastes (and by out there, I don't mean the part about a black president, just how they go about it...)
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| Aug 14, 2007 | Prax | 25 7th |
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Sets the civil rights moment back a couple of years...
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
eveelun | 50 11th |
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It's sad that what could have been a fairly smart political satire ends up being another tired racial comedy rehash. Chris Rock does not seem to be cut out for lead roles; he's at his best when he's making indignant and exasperated commentary, but that same persona is really awkward in romantic and social situations.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | Kerrek | 36 18th |
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Not even Eugene Levy can salvage this.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Parmandur | 70 61st |
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pretty entertaining, with somewhat of a message.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | Cool_Dude100 | 60 30th |
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Decent. A few funny jokes.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | albino_rhino | 83 54th |
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Bernie Mac can make anything decent
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| Aug 14, 2007 | hellopeople | 70 40th |
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Chris Rock as president!
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| Jul 25, 2007 | mrpixies | 79 30th |
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Chris Rock is always worth watching. Still this film isn't that good, but Rock makes it watchable.
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| Average Percentile 23.51% from 634 Ratings |  |