Less the story of a man than the story of the actions he performs... It's hard to imagine a fuller version of what creating the Cuban Revolution must have looked like.
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12/15/08
Che (2008)
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Reviews Counted:93
Fresh:58
Rotten:35
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Though lengthy and at times plodding, Soderbergh's vision and Benicio Del Toro's understated performance ensure that Che always fascinates.
Theatrical Release:Dec 12, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $1,543,029
Synopsis: November 26, 1956; led by Fidel Castro (Demian Bichir), a band of 80 rebels sails to Cuba. Among these young rebels is Argentine physician, Marxist, soldier, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del... [More]
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Benjamin Bratt, Franka Potente, Lou Diamond Phillips
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Reviews for Che
It's a fight with your bladder and attention span worth waging.
02/25/09
I do respect Steven Soderberg for taking on this film and giving us a great part one and for Del Toro’s performance alone.
01/20/09
It’s hard to know which scene, where the men are tired, hungry and ill-equipped, is more or less important than the others.
01/20/09
In both halves, Soderbergh emphasizes observation over ideology with an eye toward the mundane details of life on the front lines of a revolution.
12/11/08
The title and length suggest a biographical epic, but it's neither biographical nor epic. It's as if the director, Steven Soderbergh, wanted to take tissue samples of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's political life.
03/06/09
Formally, it demonstrates the power of the aspect ratio in deciding our relationship to the story. Dramatically, the film is at once fascinating and completely annoying
12/22/08
You can smell the gun smoke and taste the cigars.
01/16/09
Top CriticSoderbergh's most ambitious film to date.
10/18/08
Even for Soderbergh's itchy experimental trigger finger, Che is an awesome accomplishment of atypical filmmaking scope.
01/08/09
"Che" is a taut thriller, a fascinating character study, a pitiless black comedy, and one of the most singularly interesting biopics ever made.
02/27/09
Benicio Del Toro, one of the film's producers, gives a heroic performance, not least because it's self-effacing.
01/15/09
Top CriticDirector Steven Soderbergh's two-part, four-hour Che is part folly and part fulfillment, a methodical if coolly romantic portrait of the most familiar 1960s T-shirt icon outside the peace symbol.
01/16/09
Top CriticThis biopic of Ernesto Che Guevara starring Benicio Del Toro may have pretensions to be Lawrence of Arabia but, at least in its second half, it's more like Che of the Bolivian Jungle.
12/12/08
If Soderbergh's goal was to demystify Che Guevera and de-romanticize "revolution," he's succeeded. But unfortunately the result is a film that is just not very compelling.
01/16/09
The film marches along at its own disinterested pace, rarely explaining which moments might be important than others or even the roles of some key characters.
10/02/08
Bad biographical dramas try to tell you everything about a person's life; good biographical dramas leave you inspired to find out the things not on-screen. Che is, by that yardstick, a very good biographical drama.
10/18/08
It is possible to respect, even enjoy this film and still yearn heartily for it to end. Che is a test of endurance as rewarding as it is fatiguing.
01/16/09
The first thing Steven Soderbergh's four-hour epic biopic does is to sidestep anything you might expect from a four-hour biopic.
12/11/08
Close, but no (Cuban) cigar.
03/03/09
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