Those who have read something about this will get more out of the movies, but it's not compulsory. I saw both parts in one day and the experience was absorbing.
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10/01/09
Che, Part One (2008)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:28
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.5/10
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
Reviews for Che, Part One
Top CriticThe 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
Top CriticA 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
Top CriticOverall, a worthwhile venture if you have always wanted to know more about Guevara’s controversial legacy, but were unsure where to start.
09/30/09
Top CriticIt's not a Hollywood-style movie - it demands patience and proper attention - but it's a great movie, and rewards magnificently.
09/29/09
Top CriticAn extraordinary performance from Benicio Del Toro anchors this long but gripping film based on a powerful true story.
09/29/09
Top CriticSoderbergh has made two almost perfect war films, more like the Rings Trilogy than The Green Berets.
10/01/09
Top CriticUltimately, 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
Top CriticAll the excitement of a wet weekend in Bognor.
06/29/09
Sem cometer o erro de usar a guerrilha nas montanhas como desculpa para conferir um caráter de "longa de ação" ao projeto, O Argentino é basicamente um filme de idéias políticas.
03/27/09
Del Toro and Soderbergh portray the man as something more than just an animated version of the image that festoons the T-shirts of thousands of armchair revolutionaries.
03/18/09
...an episodic, sometimes frustrating military procedural occasionally lightened by flashes of Che's (or is it Del Toro's?) star power.
03/13/09
Through it all, the title character is scarcely delineated. The guy who for many of us is a scowling face on a T-shirt worn by student radicals remains that way.
02/27/09
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
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
In the end Che isn’t really about a hero or a man; it’s about the mechanics of guerrilla warfare, the day-to-day workings of an insurgency.
01/23/09
A revolutionary procedural.
01/21/09
Soderbergh uses the script, by Peter Buchman...and his own artistic camerawork to give the film an appropriate documentary feel, much like Traffic.
01/14/09
This isn't a biography -- it's a nature show where Guevara is the lion.
01/08/09
While it certainly takes its time to arrive at a destination of fate, The Argentine is worth the energy invested.
01/08/09
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