Che: Part One
Everyone knows the icon. Few know the man.
Everyone knows the icon. Few know the man.
Drama, History, War
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2008
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Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba.
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Runtime:
134 min
Release date:
5 Sep 2008
Country:
US, ES, FR
Languages:
English, Spanish
Budget:
$58,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 13 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Soderbergh has made two almost perfect war films, more like the Rings Trilogy than The Green Berets.
– Ruth Hessey,
MovieTime, ABC Radio National,
1 Oct 2009
rotten:
There is precious little in these movies to fill out our understanding of what it was that made Che a rebel, a leader of men, and the repository of the romantic dreams of several generations of armchair revolutionaries
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
6 Mar 2009
rotten:
A potentially great title-role performance by Benicio Del Toro, which won him the best actor award at Cannes, is buried beneath Soderbergh's stylistic tics and a defiant lack of dramatic tension.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
20 Feb 2009
rotten:
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.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb 2009
fresh:
As absorbing as it is frustrating.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan 2009