The Rum Diary

The Rum Diary (2011)

"One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well."
ThumbScore
👍 50%
Critics Score
🎬 54% (RT: 52%, MC: 56)
ComedyDrama
Director
Bruce Robinson
Runtime
2h
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Votes
1,308
Rotten Tomatoes
52%
Metacritic
56
Overview
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.
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