Fresh
Soderbergh has made two almost perfect war films, more like the Rings Trilogy than The Green Berets.
Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National
Che: Part One
Everyone knows the icon. Few know the man.
2008 · 2h 14m · Not Rated
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Overview
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Director and cast
- Steven Soderbergh Director
- Benicio del Toro as Ernesto Che Guevara
- Demián Bichir as Fidel Castro
- Santiago Cabrera as Camilo Cienfuegos
- Vladimir Cruz as Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
- Alfredo de Quesada as Israel Pardo
- Jsu Garcia as Jorge Sotus
- Kahlil Méndez as Leonardo Tamayo Núñez
- Elvira Mínguez as Celia Sánchez
- Andres Munar as Joel Iglesias Leyva
- Julia Ormond as Lisa Howard
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There is precious little in these movies to fill out our understanding of what it was that made Che a rebel, a leader of men, and the repository of the romantic dreams of several generations of armchair revolutionaries
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Rotten
A potentially great title-role performance by Benicio Del Toro, which won him the best actor award at Cannes, is buried beneath Soderbergh's stylistic tics and a defiant lack of dramatic tension.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
In releasing this reverent, meticulous, fascinating but flaccid history in two lengthy parts, Soderbergh committed perhaps the greatest sin of all. He made Che boring.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
As absorbing as it is frustrating.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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