The Rum Diary

Movie R 5.9 2011 120 min

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.

Country:

Genre:

Comedy, Drama

Year:

2011

Director:

Bruce Robinson

Stars:

Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Johnny Depp

Tags:

1960s, alcohol, based on novel or book, brochure, carnival