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Che: Guerrilla

2008

Steven Soderbergh

Benicio del Toro, Demian Bichir, Jorge Perugorría, Joaquim de Almeida ...

6.2

9,249

Drama. Action PART ONE: On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro - to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. This ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Twice as long as it needs to be, but it is also only half the movie it should have been"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"If Soderbergh's ambition was to make us feel just how dull it would be to a woods-dwelling communist guerrilla, he succeeded."	NEG
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Soderbergh once again offers a master class in filmmaking"	POS
United States	Peter Brunette The Hollywood Reporter	"All in all, it's a highly worthwhile, professionally accomplished project, but in its obsessive devotion to precise documentation, the film forgets to inspire"	NEU
United States	Wesley Morris Boston Globe	"[It] manages to be immersive and immediate. You can smell the gun smoke and taste the cigars (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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