The Rum Diary (2011)

Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals.  It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

What to watch after The Rum Diary

• Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) — Same feel: cynical, irreverent
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) — Johnny Depp appears in both
• Hi, Mom! (1970) — Same feel: cynical, irreverent
• Mortdecai (2015) — Johnny Depp appears in both
• Rob the Mob (2014) — Same feel: cynical, dramatic
• Ask the Dust (2006) — Same subject: alcohol