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As the Eisenhower era draws to a close, journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) decides he's had enough of New York and takes a job in Puerto Rico.
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- Bruce Robinson
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The Rum Diary is neither remarkable nor revolutionary, but it functions well as an enjoyable romp through a minefield of journalistic ethics. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 5, 2018
Oct 26, 2011 · This career path looks marginally sunnier in “The Rum Diary,” based on a novel he wrote in the early 1970s. The story goes that Johnny Depp found the manuscript among Thompson’s papers in his Colorado cabin on Woody Creek, and was instrumental in getting it published and now produced as a film.
With Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard. American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.
- (108K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Bruce Robinson
- 2011-10-28
Oct 27, 2011 · “The Rum Diary,” based on an early novel by Hunter S. Thompson, stars Johnny Depp as a young writer named Paul Kemp, a Thompson alter ego.
- Bruce Robinson
Oct 14, 2011 · The Rum Diary: Film Review. Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli and Amber Heard star in director-screenwriter Bruce Robinson's big-screen adaptation of the novel.
Oct 28, 2011 · Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, "The San Juan Star," run by downtrodden editor Lotterman.
