The Rum Diary (Blu-ray) R

One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 2 hours
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 14, 2012
  • Originally Released: 2011
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 44,110
Rating: 2/5 -- It clomps across two long hours on four flat tyres.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Nov 10, 2011
[A] jaunty adaptation....Depp's celebration of his old friend gives large shots of warmth...
Sight and Sound
Dec 1, 2011
Rating: 3/5 -- The film looks good and Robinson gives his actors lines they can spit out with some relish.
London Evening Standard
Nov 11, 2011
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. Full Review
Tribune News Service
Dec 30, 2012
Depp has star charisma to spare, and his deadpan demeanor only adds to his allure.
Movieline
Oct 27, 2011
Rating: 2.5/5 -- An entertaining but misfired take on the formative years of famed Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Full Review
Concrete Playground
Mar 4, 2013
Connoisseurs of straw hats and cool sunglasses will find much to savor....A touching tribute to Thompson himself...
New York Times
Oct 28, 2011

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.

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  • UPC: 043396394889
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