JOHNNY DEPP MICHAEL RISPOLI AARON ECKHART AMBER HEARD
GIOVANNI RIBISI RICHARD JENKINS
SET IN PUERTO RICO IN 1960, THIS MOVIE TELLS THE ADVENTURES OF PAUL KEMP (DEPP) AN ALCOHOLIC WRITER WHO GETS A JOB AT A LOCAL SAN JUAN NEWSPAPER. KEMP HAS RUN INS WITH HIS EDITOR (JENKINS) BUT MAKES FRIENDS WITH SALA (RISPOLI) A PHOTOGRAPHER AND MOBERG
(RIBISI) ANOTHER WRITER. KEMP ALSO GETS INVOLVED WITH SANDERSON (ECKHART) A SHADY REAL ESTATE AGENT AND SANDERSON'S GIRLFRIEND CHENAULT (HEARD.)
LOOSELY BASED ON THE BOOK BY HUNTER S. THOMPSON, THIS MOVIE DOESN'T HAVE A MAJOR STORYLINE, BUT MOVES THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT STORIES: THE ADVENTURES OF KEMP AND SALA, WHICH INCLUDE COCK FIGHTING TO A RUN IN WITH SOME LOCALS; KEMP'S NOT SEEING EYE TO EYE WITH HIS EDITOR; THE ATTEMPTED WOOING OF KEMP TO JOIN SANDERSON'S GROUP; AND FINALLY THE EMERGING LOVE STORY BETWEEN KEMP AND CHENAULT. THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A JUMBLED MESS, BUT THE DIRECTOR KEEPS EVERYTHING FLOWING SO THAT IT IS ALL EASY TO FOLLOW. THERE ARE MOMENTS OF INTENSE DRAMA AND, AS ONE WOULD EXPECT WHEN BOOZE IS INVOLVED, MOMENTS OF LAUGH OUT LOUD HUMOR, BOTH WHICH MAKE THE MOVIE A LOT MORE INTERESTING TO WATCH. ALL THE LEAD ACTORS DO A GOOD JOB, AND I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE SUBTLE LOOKS ON DEPP'S FACE AS HE WOULD HEAR OR SEE SOMETHING UNEXPECTED, THEY CONVEYED HUMOR IN A VERY SLY WAY. THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE THAT SHOULD BE SEEN.
RATING 3.5 out of 5
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