Fresh
It's funny as hell in places and touchingly warm.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
The Rum Diary
One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.
2011 · 2h · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Bruce Robinson
Overview
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
52%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Writer/director Robinson is anything but disciplined... and he's more inclined to just turn the camera on and let Depp do his thing. Which Depp does very well, but as talented and watchable as he is, even he can't completely save the picture.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
The Rum Diary has no mighty gonzo wind. Even with a push from its Thompson-worshipping star, Johnny Depp, it leaves our freak flag limp.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Maybe Depp just doesn't want to upstage his hero.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
The supporting cast of journalistic riffraff is uniformly excellent.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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