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Rum Diary [DVD] [2011] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Johnny Depp , Giovanni Ribisi , Bruce Robinson    DVD
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard
  • Directors: Bruce Robinson
  • Writers: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson
  • Producers: A.J. Dix, Anthony Rhulen, Christi Dembrowski, Colin Vaines, George Tobia Jr.
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Sony Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Feb 2012
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B006ISJQ1W
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 227,470 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Actor-producer Johnny Depp pays homage to his friend Hunter S. Thompson through this sprightly adaptation of the novelist's semi-autobiographical novel. Depp plays Paul Kemp, the booze-sozzled journalist who takes centre stage in Bruce Robinson's period comedy. Out of desperation, the New Yorker takes a job with a San Juan newspaper in 1960, where he reports to the cynical Lotterman (Richard Jenkins) and shares a squalid flat with laid-back photographer Sala (The Sopranos' Michael Rispoli) and the truly unhinged "crime and religion" reporter Moburg (a scene-stealing Giovanni Ribisi). The three Ugly Americans do their best to drain the island's rum supply until Kemp meets Aaron Eckhart's slick Sanderson, who recruits the writer to promote his real estate ventures, regardless as to the number of poverty-stricken Puerto Ricans his hotels will displace. Politically, Kemp leans left, but he needs the dough, so he accepts the offer, only to find the ultimate temptation in Sanderson's uninhibited fiancée, Chenault (the stunning Amber Heard). It's a tricky balancing act, but when the natives start getting restless, Kemp risks losing everything. If the conclusion feels anticlimactic, Robinson keeps the antic energy going through nerve-wracking car chases, balletic cock fights, and a hilarious acid excursion that recalls the hotel trip-out in Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, to which Robinson's film serves as a less surrealistic cousin. If it isn't as certain to become a cult classic, like the director's equally inebriated Withnail and I, Depp and company always remain true to Thompson's irascible spirit. --Kathleen C. Fennessy


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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars It's quirky and it's fun 19 Feb 2012
Format:DVD
I really don't understand why some people don't rate this movie at all. It takes all sorts, I suppose. For me, The Rum Diary is an often hilarious drama and something a bit different for Johnny Depp who plays the role of Paul Kemp, an American journalist who goes to work for a small and struggling newspaper in the America owned island of Puerto Rico during the 1960s. Kemp says, at the job interview, that his c.v. is as phoney as his stories. Over all, the newspaper staff seem to be a dysfunctional lot surviving on booze and drugs, red-eyed Kemp included as he swigs back the rum and tries to fit into the local hispanic scene with little success. But, it's hard to keep out of trouble when you go falling for a rich man's wife (Amber Heard), and a crooked rich man (Aaron Eckhart) at that.

I thought I would never say it but, in this, there are times that Johnny Depp is not a pretty sight. There is one scene in particular that had me rolling in the aisles, so to speak. When he and a colleague are in a small car together, a couple of gringos being chased by nasty Puerto Ricans. I laugh as I type, at the memory of it. If you check the trailer on YouTube, it shows a bit of it.

Kemp's accommodation is garbage but Puerto Rico looks fun. I went there in the 90s and it wasn't half as lively. I must have checked into the wrong hotel.

I'm not in the least surprised to find that I enjoyed this movie because it was directed by Bruce Robinson who directed the classic and hilarious British movie, 'Withnail & I' (1987) as well as *Still Crazy (1998).

The Rum Diary movie is based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson, available at Amazon.

* Error - My mistake and I have been corrected by GlynLuke: Bruce Robinson didn't direct Still Crazy he starred in it. Thanks, GlynLuke. :)

Love it or hate it, I guess.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, very entertaining but flat 28 Nov 2011
By Ian Armer VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Spoilers.

By 'flat' I mean there are no real spikes along the way to really hook you in. The Rum Diary is a film about finding your voice and yet in search of a voice of its own. Entertaining, yes, but weirdly lacking 'something' to make it all gel together.

Depp channels Hunter magnificently (again) and the plot bounces along at a spritely pace, but it is entirely without focus in telling the real story of how the fictional Paul Kemp became Hunter S. Thompson. The bastards win, pessimism prevails, there is lots of drinking and a few brief honest glimpses of what it is to be a writer (the unflattering description of Kemp's CV sums it up). Sandwiched into the proceedings is a 'go nowhere' romantic sub-plot, a slew of set-ups that are deliciously pulled out from under the viewer as everything falls apart and pedestrian, almost TV movie direction from Bruce Robinson. Seriously, if you missed it at the cinema, the television/home cinema experience won't detract.

On the plus side, it is well written. Bruce Robinson's script is literate and layered - maybe too layered with various plot strands - but The Rum Diary could almost be a prequel to Terry Gilliam's 'Fear & Loathing'.

The film leads you along but takes you to the one place you never expected - a marina theft for a gloomy finale. Try and throw your expectations out of the window when watching this, it might even benefit from a second viewing, because there are lots of hidden treasures in The Rum Diary - they're just obscured by a rambling, excessive plot that burns out and manages to turn this flaw into a redeeming feature. Watch it, you'll know what I mean!
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars quit your whining 7 April 2012
By joy
Format:DVD
I also, as another reviewer said, don't get what people are complaining about. Maybe because it had an actual PLOT, people didn't find it enjoyable. Not enough sex and violence perhaps? Just intelligent dialogue and ideas set in an amusing way with some attractive yet real people playing the stars. IMHO it is the best j.Depp has done in a lonnng while. Bravo!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Would watch it again and again!
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Saw this originally at the cinema and it was even funnier 2nd time around. Read more
Published 13 days ago by JulesM
3.0 out of 5 stars DVD
This movie was a bit of a let down, I found it boring and tedious, it felt like it was almost all filmed in boring studio sets and I didn't engage with it at all.
Published 16 days ago by alex david younger
4.0 out of 5 stars fun and romantic
really enjoyable funny with a touch or romance - don't know why not appraciated by the critics + + +
Published 1 month ago by macmac
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing.
If you are a fan of Withnail and I and also Hunter S. Thompson, then you will be unfortunately disappointed. As a film in general I think it is good and has some great scenes.
Published 1 month ago by Adam
1.0 out of 5 stars Read the book
I read the book and saw that this film had good reviews. I don't know why, because compared to the book, which is excellent, this film adaptation is just not up to scratch. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Rum Diary DVD
This DVD came sealed and in tip top condition, its the first item I have purchased and am completely satisfied with my order
Published 1 month ago by Naomi
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Hunter S Thompson film
Good brand, new dvd, fabulous film, well worth a watch with a very funny story and the very hunky Johnny Depp in the lead role
Published 2 months ago by SalsaQueen
5.0 out of 5 stars Rum Diary
Sorry haven't watched it yet.. waiting for the Easter holidays. I will write back when I have watched it . OK
Published 2 months ago by Jane Mortimer
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Film
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this film and have done several times on TV and now I have got the DVD. Certain scenes still make me laugh every time I watch it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. G. Stockham
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