the rum diary

caught johnny depp in the rum diary the other day and loved it. great capture of the era (early 1960’s); consistently funny and entertaining.

just a moment or two of “oh god, don’t get all activist-heroic please”…and fortunately, they did not. stayed true to the puerto rico is a sorta beautiful and exotic, yet exploited colony of the US, where US citizens can go for seemingly legitimate reasons, but get in lots and lots of trouble.

aaron eckhardt is generally watchable, but a real gem is the true co-star of the movie, michael rispoli, playing the best imaginable buddy to depp’s character. and yes, that’s giovanni ribisi in there, too.

i have to ask, though, how is it that j depp hasn’t aged a spot in 20+ years? seriously.