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Review: The Rum Diary

‘Withnail’ is an oeuvre in itself; its reach spans the 30 subsequent years during which Robinson has rarely made films, and makes them seem inexplicably prolific. Again: that mysterious alchemy at work. It’s a movie about the unquiet guilt of the functional, having had to cut ties with the lost causes. ‘Rum Diary,’ despite its several amusements, never captures the same sense of loss lurking beneath the colorful misadventure.
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‘Withnail’ is an oeuvre in itself; its reach spans the 30 subsequent years during which Robinson has rarely made films, and makes them seem inexplicably prolific. Again: that mysterious alchemy at work. It’s a movie about the unquiet guilt of the functional, having had to cut ties with the lost causes. ‘Rum Diary,’ despite its several amusements, never captures the same sense of loss lurking beneath the colorful misadventure.

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Ryan Brown is a filmmaker and freelance writer living in Brooklyn, NY. He has an MFA in Media Arts from City College, CUNY. His short films GATE OF HEAVEN and DAUGHTER OF HOPE can be viewed here: vimeo.com/user1360852. With Antonio Tibaldi, he co-wrote the screenplay 'The Oldest Man Alive,' which was selected for the "Emerging Narrative" section of IFP's 2012 Independent Film Week. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Live Flesh), Assayas (Cold Water), Bellochio (Fists in the Pocket), Breillat (Fat Girl), Coen Bros. (Burn After Reading), Demme (Something Wild), Denis (Friday Night), Herzog (The Wild Blue Yonder), Leigh (Another Year), Skolimowski (Four Nights with Anna), Zulawski (She-Shaman)

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