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06/29/09
Che, Part One (2008)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:28
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh delivers this ambitious and sprawling biopic of one of the 20th century's most influential political figures. In the first 137-minute segment, THE ARGENTINE, we meet... [More]
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir, Santiago Cabrera, Elvira Minguez
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Reviews for Che, Part One
This isn't a biography -- it's a nature show where Guevara is the lion.
01/08/09
For all the drama that surrounded them, Soderbergh never gets under the skin of either Che Guevara or Fidel Castro. We can only hope that the psychological dimensions will be illuminated in the next part.
01/05/09
A strong early candidate for the most agonisingly tedious film of 2009.
01/05/09
A major disappointment. Soderbergh has stripped the story of most of its drama and though Del Toro, who won Best Actor at Cannes last year, is very convincing as Che, this Spanish-language film almost seems like an anti-movie.
09/30/09
The Guevara portrayed here has humour but no irony: his commitment to the revolutionary ethos leaves little room for doubt, neurosis, or private loyalties of any kind.
10/01/09
These are films that are certainly thought out clearly but not nearly felt enough.
12/27/08
Che is a heroic guerrilla project in its way. It’s just that these guerrillas get lost in a mist of opaque purpose and ill-defined movie mission.
01/05/09
...an episodic, sometimes frustrating military procedural occasionally lightened by flashes of Che's (or is it Del Toro's?) star power.
03/13/09
In releasing this reverent, meticulous, fascinating but flaccid history in two lengthy parts, Soderbergh committed perhaps the greatest sin of all. He made Che boring.
02/18/09
There's no spark or fire or passion - just a series of episodic military operations unfolding with only the odd minor reverse to spoil the party and Che going through several changes of facial ware.
01/05/09
We get a jumbled mess where moments of glory are overrun by suicidal editing. The major territorial gains include Benicio Del Toro, who is magnificent as Che – a mixture of intellectual reserve and twinkling charm.
01/05/09
Part One of Soderbergh’s Che epic dismantles the clichés and myths to craft a dream-like if frustrating essay on the heroism and the claustrophobia of war, perfectly centred by a compelling star performance.
01/05/09
While it certainly takes its time to arrive at a destination of fate, The Argentine is worth the energy invested.
01/08/09
Committed and commanding, slow but stealthy, political and powerful: details are omitted, but Che still sees Soderbergh flexing fierce focus and control, while Del Toro leads with tact and muscle. The full four-hour flick grips; two hours’ll fly by, easy.
01/05/09
If you discover a lot about the process and progress of the revolution, this is definitely not the cultural hero of myth, breathtakingly bathed in revolutionary light.
01/05/09
Una mirada digna y humanizada (si bien un poco idealista) al proceso revolucionario del Ché Guevara en Cuba. Lo mejor: la convincente labor protagónica de Benicio Del Toro.
01/25/09
Ultimately, not only does this epic enlighten but one hopes it may help to rekindle some of the revolutionary spirit that seems to be sadly lacking in contemporary society.
09/28/09
It's not a Hollywood-style movie - it demands patience and proper attention - but it's a great movie, and rewards magnificently.
09/29/09
It’s not a Hollywood-style movie – it demands patience and proper attention – but it’s a great movie, and rewards magnificently.
01/05/09
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December 09, 2008:
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November 04, 2008:
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