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The Rum Diary

2011

Bruce Robinson

Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins ...

5.4

5,408

Drama. Comedy Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"We have the feeling that Kemp/Thompson saw much of life through the bottom of a dirty glass and did not experience it with any precision. The film duplicates this sensation, not with much success (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"The Rum Diary remains a relatively mild diversion, not at all unpleasant but neither compelling nor convulsive"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The movie – a passion project for its star and co-producer, Johnny Depp – isn't alive to the challenge of capturing the gonzo master in the act of inventing himself. That he did. And that, I'm pleased to report, is something to see (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS

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