The Rum Diary
2011, Film, 119 min, Comedy, Drama, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 58
One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.
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.
Directed by Bruce Robinson
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Kemp
- Giovanni Ribisi as Moberg
- Aaron Eckhart as Sanderson
- Michael Rispoli as Sala
- Amber Heard as Chenault
- Richard Jenkins as Lotterman
- Amaury Nolasco as Segurra
- Marshall Bell as Donovan
- Bill Smitrovich as Mr. Zimburger
- Julian Holloway as Wolsley
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