Film2011120 min

The Rum Diary

Name: The Rum Diary
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2011
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Giovanni Ribisi

Taste attributes: comedydramahistoricaljournalisticmonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarylinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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"One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well."

Boxlist takeExpect a heightened, original comedy-drama, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

5.9 /10

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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.

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