Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
It's about the gradual wakening into awareness, the graduation from carefree youth to responsible adulthood.
– Steve Murray,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
7 Oct 2004
fresh:
Quietly exhilarating, soulful and sincerely romantic.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
8 Oct 2004
fresh:
Well-acted, beautifully shot and broad and personal, The Motorcycle Diaries is nonetheless undermined in the end by a clunky search for meaning and depth that seems forced.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
8 Oct 2004
rotten:
A dull, unsatisfying experience -- as well as inconclusive.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct 2004
fresh:
A marvelous road picture and boys-become-men adventure, full of the best kind of idealism.