The emphasis on the brotherhood of the ragtag rebels wouldn't be out of place in a 1940s war film
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12/12/08
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:20-02-2009
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
Che Guevara, it seems, shall ever be a symbol, and Che doesn't even seem interested in cracking that, thus leaving us no more enlightened than when we stepped in.
12/12/08
This 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
Soderbergh's eye for detail builds over time, until the film becomes as layered as some richly leaf-carpeted jungle floor.
12/12/08
Meet Che Guevara. Just think of him as Jesus plus Abraham Lincoln with a touch of Moses and Dr. Doug Ross.
12/12/08
You couldn’t ask for a more committed and demanding performance than this one. But there is a richer one that eluded Del Toro. And boy, does that lack of character dimension make this thing an endurance test.
12/12/08
Mr. Soderbergh once again offers a master class in filmmaking. As history, though, Che is finally not epic but romance. It takes great care to be true to the factual record, but it is, nonetheless, a fairy tale.
12/12/08
Top CriticThe 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
Rather infuriatingly, he completely skips over the most controversial era in Guevara's life -- when he was in power.
12/11/08
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
Movie Che is a towering idealist who just keeps on coming, but he lacks any sense of character. He is heartless, all computer chips and wires inside. He's the Revolutionator.
12/11/08
Out-perversing Gus Van Sant’s Milk, Soderbergh makes a four-hour-plus biopic about a historical figure without providing a glimmer of charm or narrative coherence.
12/11/08
It never gets over being as dry as a Communist manifesto.
12/11/08
Enduring over four hours of Guevara wandering in the jungle will leave audiences more fatigued than enlightened.
12/11/08
Che is by no means a breezy sit, but no matter what your politics, it's a bracing tonic in a season of flaccid Oscar bait.
12/08/08
An epic life becomes an epic movie in Steven Soderbergh's brilliant four-hour-plus look at two chapters in the life of revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.
12/01/08
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
A measure of the movie's strength and weakness is its reliance on Del Toro's charisma in the central role.
10/18/08
Soderbergh's most ambitious film to date.
10/18/08
A lengthy and complex portrait of Che as a revolutionary, a leader of a guerilla band, a doctor, a believer in obedience and loyalty, and a man willing to suffer for his beliefs.
10/08/08
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