The Rum Diary

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2011
Drama, Comedy

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 […]

A perfect adventure comedy with a soul. Needless to say, the cast brought this one step above, but I think the biggest achievement of combining action, comedy and drama belongs…
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