scentofrain Hard to review a movie like this, because I can't even say what's the main subject in it. But i enjoyed this movie. I think that most of the women out there wont find it interesting or entertaining and rather rate it boring, but if you are a man in a lazy mood and you like: drinking, smoking, old San Juan and Puerto Rico, getting in trouble and at least once you have been at the wrong place at the wrong time, then you will be able to understand the funny pats of itMix these 4 - red, white, blue and gold - and now you've got the color of raw home made rum.beauty with Red lips, wearing Red dress, riding fullspeed in Red retro car, waking up with Red eye, Red flowers - rosesrich people with White shirts, "El Monstruo" - the White rooster, empty White pages of future novel, White spots in memoryendless Blue sea, everyday Blue sky, old cracked Blue walls, tiny Blue carGolden sunglasses frame, Golden sandy beaches, Golden "spy" telescope, Golden rusty retro motorbike ...and a couple trying to have sex, listening to an old vynil, with Hitler giving a speech...Imagine different combinations with these. But all roads leads to getting drunk with rum.

Hugo Houyez It's this kind of movie to me that makes me feel in holiday, I feel so good watching it that's why I've already watched it 10 times at least, and still I'm not getting bored. It's the sense of humor in the movie, the jokes and the overall feeling, really out of this stressed life we have, characters are very relaxed and chill. If you haven't's watched it yet, I recommend. I'm not sure you'll see what I mean if I says it's kinda the same feeling I had for The two faces of January, it was great.. If you like those kind of ambiances, it's cool. For the story, it's this cool guy, a journalist arriving in Purto Rico, I wish I could go there, and I will. He arrives there and end up working with some rich guys on a project, but he has values.

dromasca Watching Johnny Depp in action is always a holiday for movie fans. Depp is one of these actors who can hold a film by himself, and in fact he does exactly this in many cases, included here. The problem starts to show up when the principal reason for seeing the film is that Johnny Depp is in it, and not much more beyond. The Rum Diary is a film that Depp wanted very much to make, it is based on a true story - the one of journalist and writer Hunter S. Thompson - set in 1960, by the time the history of the Americas was taking a turn. However it is also mostly a film for Depp's aficionados and another proof that true stories or biographies do not necessarily lead to good films.The dry story in The Rum Diary is very much about the profession of journalist, and about fighting personal daemons in order to be a true professional. A young journalist takes a job in Puerto Rico, a job he finds out soon nobody wanted to take. He is a drinker and befriends another journalist who is an even heavier drinker and the wrong girl owned by a local tycoon. He discovers soon that one cannot drink as much as he can or wants, befriend beautiful women, write good stories, and be honest at the same time. One may ask what is wrong with this story and why it fails to draw the attention although it has all ingredients of many other successful stories about journalists, corruption, exotic Caribbean islands and their fascinating and dangerous culture. Moreover, it is a true story! Well, this may actually exactly be the problem. We have already seen so many movies (some of them good indeed) inspired by such a true story, that when it is brought to screen closer to what it really was, it looks unsatisfying and deja-vu.The good things - some very good cinematography and a rendition of the 1960 Puerto Rico which is both realistic and colorful. Then we have Depp - of course! The not so good thing - a story that does not really decide what it wants to be - political thriller, retro-history, comedy, with an anti-climax ending. For folks like myself unfamiliar with who Hunter S. Thompson was, this film does only tell an unconvincing story about journalism in exotic Puerto Rico. Director Bruce Robinson made a very promising debut in the 80s, another couple of movies soon after, and then stopped making films for almost two decades until this one. His fans may have expected more from his come back after such a long waiting. Good acting and sure hand in camera and cinematography cannot compensate the weakness of the story. What was supposed to be the strong point of the film eventually ends by being its weakest link. 'The Rum Diary' may raise in time to be better than the commercial failure it was on screens, but less than what it could have been with a better story to support the theme.

Victoria Fisher When I bought a CD of this movie I was so excited,because I thought: "Wow,finally I bought it!". But. There is one thing. It wasn't so good than I expected. That's why I gave 8 points for this movie. It's not the best or one of the best movies I have ever watched, but it wasn't very very bad. "The rum diary" was quite interesting movie and the plot is not bad. Actors were good I think. There were some really funny moments.I'm not Bruce Robinson's fan,but I can say that he is a successful novels' and biographical novels' author. Actually I have never read the book "The rum diary" but I would like to and I think that perhaps novel is better than movie. So it's only my opinion. All people are different and their opinions are different. In conclusion I want to say that actors in the movie are good, director is good too. If You have time,watch this movie. Perhaps it will be the best movie for You,because our opinions are usually different. So I want to wish a nice evening with this movie,I hope You'll like it and You'll give 10 points for "The rum diary".