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The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)

2004

Walter Salles

Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán ...

7.3

52,738

Adventure. Drama In 1952, two young Argentines, Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado, set out on a road trip to discover the real Latin America. Ernesto is a 23-year-old medical student specializing in leprology, and Alberto, 29, is a biochemist. The film follows the young men as they unveil the rich and complex human and social topography of the Latin American continent. With a highly romantic sense of adventure, the two friends leave their familiar ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Good part of the film’s power is the way it sneaks up on you (...) The actors meet the film’s challenges every step of the way (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"This intelligently made picture is artful but not arty, political without being didactic (...) Thesping is strong but unflashy"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is interesting in the manner of a travelogue but simplistic as a study of Che's political conversion (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"[A] stirring and warm-hearted reconstruction (...) What 'The Motorcycle Diaries' captures, with startling clarity and delicacy, is the quickening of Ernesto's youthful idealism"
		Anthony Quinn The Independent	"Here's the myth, where's the man?"
		Alan Morrison Empire	"Travelogue, biography, tender portrait of friendship - the film is strong in all these areas, but excels in fusing them into an affecting whole (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The motorcycle diaries, the bold and thrilling testament of youth, are growing to be the most potent part of Che's myth. Salles does them justice."
		J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"It's less a polemical statement than an exercise in mythmaking (...) It never conjures up any coherent drama of its own"
		Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"A mild travelogue with sharp characterizations and a human heart (...) A surprisingly effective re-creation"
		Ed Gonzalez Slant	"'The Motorcycle Diaries' isn’t bad, just insipid (...) [It treats Che] as a pretty boy all the girls (and gay boys) want to fuck (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"

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