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- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h
- Release Date
- October 13, 2011
- Languages
- English, German, Spanish
- Director
- Cast
- Production
- Production Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Financial Performance
Loss
Budget vs Revenue for The Rum Diary
Loss
$21.0M
ROI: 53%•Margin: -46.7%
Overview
"One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well."
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.
Score Distribution
84.3/100
Very Good
90-100Excellent
42%(1235)
80-89Very Good
28%(824)
70-79Good
18%(529)
60-69Average
8%(235)
50-59Below Average
3%(88)
0-49Poor
1%(29)
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