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. - Rotten Tomatoes
PLOT: Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson. Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen's financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down. -- (C) FilmDistrict
R, 1 hr. 59 min.
Directed By: Bruce Robinson
Written By: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson
In Theaters: Oct 28, 2011 Wide
On DVD: Feb 14, 2012
US Box Office:$13.1M
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ACTORS/ACTRESSES: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi
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