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  • Head of State
  • Opened March 28, 2003 | Runtime:1 hr. 35 min.
  • PG-13
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock) is a Washington D.C. neighborhood alderman, who's about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity and thrust into the limelight as his party's Read More
  • Cast: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker, Nick Searcy, Lynn Whitfield
  • Director: Chris Rock
  • Genres: Political Satire, Comedy

Head of State Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Rock and Mac exult in the kind of highly charged verbal and physical antics...

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    An imperfect movie, but not a boring one and not lacking in intelligence.

  • 70
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Not the sharpest political humor I've ever heard, but it gets my vote for the...

  • 50
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Doesn't seem directed at all; you half expect the actors to crash into each...

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