The Rum Diary (Blu-ray) R
One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 14, 2012
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Rispoli & Amber Heard | |
Directed by | Bruce Robinson | |
Edited by | Carol Littleton | |
Screenwriting by | Bruce Robinson | |
Screenplay by | Bruce Robinson | |
Original story by | Hunter S. Thompson | |
Composition by | Christopher Young | |
Produced by | Christi Dembrowski, Johnny Depp, Tim Headington, Graham King, Robert Kravis & Anthony Rhulen | |
Director of Photography: | Dariusz Wolski |
Entertainment Reviews:
[A] jaunty adaptation....Depp's celebration of his old friend gives large shots of warmth...
Sight and Sound
Rating: 3/5 --
The Rum Diary is neither remarkable nor revolutionary, but it functions well as an enjoyable romp through a minefield of journalistic ethics.
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CineVue
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Depp and writer-director Bruce Robinson ("Withnail & I") pack the script with pithy Hunter-isms, hurling many of Thompson's euphonious locutions at us right from the opening scene.
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Tribune News Service
THE RUM DIARY, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, expertly cannonballs into the grit and glam with raw exuberance.
Rolling Stone
Much of the dialogue's offbeat wit seems to come straight from Thompson's book. That distinctive dialogue is the movie's greatest asset.
USA Today
Depp has star charisma to spare, and his deadpan demeanor only adds to his allure.
Movieline
Rating: 1/5 --
A mirthless, sparkless "comedy" of galley journalism and tyro Bohemianism in 1960s Puerto Rico.
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Financial Times
Product Description:
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS star Johnny Depp returns to the wild world of Hunter S. Thompson in writer/director Bruce Robinson's adaptation of the Gonzo journalist's "lost" autobiographical novel of the same name. Dejected over life in New York City and at bitter odds with the Eisenhower-era conventions of the 1950s, nomadic journalist Paul Kemp (Depp) flees to Puerto Rico, where he quickly lands a job as a reporter for a San Juan newspaper. Drawing inspiration from author Ernest Hemingway's popular theory about "The Lost Generation," the newly liberated journalist develops a taste for rum as he becomes slowly entangled in the lives of American beauty Chenault (Amber Heard) and her shady husband, Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), a wealthy real-estate developer. Later, as Sanderson's underhanded business dealings begin to emerge, Kemp's principles come into focus, and his writing style begins to mature in ways he never dreamed possible.