The Rum Diary (Film)

The Rum Diary is an American feature film, directed by Bruce Robinson, based on the novel The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson. The movie was released in the United States on October 28, 2011 in the cinemas. In Germany the film was shown on 2 August 2012.

The main role of Paul Kemp took over Johnny Depp, who has already played the lead role of Raoul Duke also at the Thompson film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Both figures - Kemp and Duke - are considered alter egos of the writer Hunter S. Thompson.

Action

The New York journalist Paul Kemp is usually employed only in short-term jobs. In 1959, he decides to travel to the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan. There, he receives an offer to work for the daily newspaper, The San Juan Star. In addition to his work, however, Kemp also spends a lot of time in bars and with friends. Soon he meets the attractive Chenault, who is engaged to the wealthy entrepreneur Sanderson. Sanderson wants Kemp for him and other investors writes an advertising brochure to convince the public of a hotel on a pristine island off Puerto Rico. After a night and a hint of a page jump Chenaults with a local leaves Sanderson Chenault, which then feeds into Kemp's apartment and enters into a relationship with this.

Meanwhile, the newspaper closes, has worked for the Kemp before. His plan, even to print a last edition, in which he wants to expose the construction project and the nefarious investors to Sanderson, fails because the bank has seized all presses. In the last scene of the film, he steals one of Sanderson's yachts and sailing into the sunset. In the credits will be noted that Kemp Chenault, who has moved to New York, married and successful journalist was.

Production

The film adaptation of the novel of the same title The Rum Diary was first planned in 2003. After the death of Hunter S. Thompson in 2005, especially his friend Johnny Depp has made ​​strong for early completion. The first filming started on 25 March 2009 in Puerto Rico.

Criticism

The film received average reviews in the United States. At IMDb, the film 6.3 stars rated. According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film received 89 reviews, only 51% of the critics a positive rating. The average rating was 5.9 out of 10. The consensus of the critics was: It's colorful and amiable enough, and Depp's heart is CLEARLY in the right place, but The Rum Diary fails to add Sufficient focus to its rambling source material. ( He is colorful and adorable, and Depp has to put the heart clearly in the right place, but The Rum Diary fails, the dissolute source material one pointed focus. ) At Metacritic, the film received an average rating of 57 out of 100 points based on 34 reviews.

" The Blu- Ray Rum Diary is seen in content and technically nothing special and belongs to the average mediocrity. The story of journalist Paul Kemp ripples cozy in front of him and lets the actors no room aground in top form. RUM DIARY wasted potential because the theme of the film would have more to offer. "

" The easygoing lifestyle of the era before the Cuban Missile Crisis, the film captures perfectly shaped one: with side trips to dim rum dive bars to illegal cock- fighting and bizarre voodoo priests, which also ask agnostic journalist to higher counsel. "

2011 in film Screenplay Graham King Film score Christopher Young Dariusz Wolski Carol Littleton Fictional film The Rum Diary (novel) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Film) Kingdom of Fear (book)
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