The Rum Diary

“One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.”

• 2011
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• 2h
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• R

• Comedy
• Drama

★ 5.9 TMDB Rating · 1.4K votes

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.

Director

Bruce Robinson

Release date

Oct 13, 2011

Original language

English

Origin

United States