Review of The Rum Diary (2011) by Jason Best for Movie Talk — 16 Nov 2011
It's not until the close that Depp as Thompson's screen surrogate finally uncorks the cascading darkly comic poetic rage that he would go on to direct against the world's 'bastards', but by then it's too late to set the movie on fire.
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This review of The Rum Diary (2011) was written by Jason Best and published by Movie Talk on 16 Nov 2011.
The Rum Diary has generally received mixed reviews.
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