Che, Part Two (2008)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:28
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: The second part of Soderbergh’s biopic is a dark, hypnotic and sometimes frustrating portrait of a warrior in decline, with a terrific central performance from Del Toro.
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 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 second 130-minute segment, GUERILLA, Ernesto... [More]
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Carlos Bardem, Demian Bichir, Joaquim de Almeida
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Reviews for Che, Part Two
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 2/5 |
Certainly Soderbergh gives you a sense of the boredom of war - as the days tick by on the screen, you feel your own will to live begin to falter. Full Review |
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... a deeply interesting and commercially brave movie, one that recognizes the limits inherent in cinematic biography. It is meant to be experienced, not sounded for meanings, and is weakest when Soderbergh caves into his poetic impulses... Full Review |
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3/4 |
The film's narrative flow is less driven by events, which are revealed in spurts, but are drawn along as their inevitable consequences. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The film quickly turns into what can best be described as a lot of wandering around in the Bolivian jungle. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
At this length, that's an unforgivable sin. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The persuasiveness of the film’s reconstructions is impressive, but there is hardly ever any tension. It’s hard to tell exactly what Soderbergh was hoping to achieve. Full Review |
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It's well staged, but a good deal less gripping than the first part and the political background is less clear than it might have been. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The saving graces are a commanding performance from Del Toro and the inspirational humanity of Guevara; even facing defeat and death he still has an unshakable belief that right will prevail and social justice will flourish. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Che Two is deeply impressive: austerely confident, coherent and mysterious. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Benicio Del Toro is superb as the asthmatic, pipe-smoking Che, while the supporting cast capture the frustration of a disintegrating armed struggle. Full Review |
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2/5 |
This plodding, one-paced, dramatically inert movie is almost entirely surface description. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Having given us Che the icon, Del Toro now gives us Che the man: an asthmatic, flawed individual, powerless to prevent events spiralling out of his control. The film itself is far less compelling. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Like Guevara’s slog through the Bolivian undergrowth, Che Part Two is a hallucinatory journey into the heart of darkness, defined by a performance of great presence. Full Review |
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4/6 |
Saying that a film has too much insight is hardly damning. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A gripping, astringent portrayal of what happens when you try to force a revolution on territory which isn't fertile ground, in and of itself, Soderbergh's second instalment exerts a certain analytical intrigue. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Darker in tone and more introspective thematically, Che: Part 2 is the more interesting of the two films. Full Review |
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4/5 |
His film is brilliantly shot, capturing the chilly bareness of the landscapes through which the rebels yomp, but it's formalist and clinical to a degree that will challenge viewers eager to identify with the figures it depicts. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Che Part 2 is still problematic in that it unfolds at a glacial pace. Though it's at times hypnotic in its lethargy, the episodic structure is not easy to trudge through. Full Review |
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Director Steven Soderbergh's one-dimensional portrait of the revolutionary hero continues unabated in the second part of his over-reverential biopic. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Gripping, elusive and something to be experienced, Che Part Two continues to offer up surprises, frustration and - above all - fascination. Full Review |
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January 04, 2009:
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Benicio Del Toro faced his greatest acting challenge when he took on the role of Ernesto "Che" Guevara for what would become a four-hour epic tale of the iconic revolutionary's... More...
December 09, 2008:
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