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The Rum Diary (2011)
110K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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, Chenaults and her fiancée Sanderson, 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.
Style:
sexy, stylized, surreal, humorous, ironic, cult classic, offbeat, talky, scenic, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
journalism, journalist, newspaper, cockfight, writers, alcoholism, profanity, satire, adaptation, eccentricity, gangster, addiction, lifestyle, weed, drug, hallucination, media, travel, money, criminal, gonzo, drunk, outlaw, literary, island ...
Time:
60s, year 1960, year 2011, 20th century, 50s, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
puerto rico, caribbean, latin america, new jersey, american
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, cult classic, offbeat, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, period piece
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 94 min.
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
Style:
sexy, witty, romantic, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
talky, light, humorous, hilarious, period piece ...
Plot:
newspaper, journalist, journalism, reporter, workplace, satire, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, scoop ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
touching, sexy, romantic, rom com, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
21%
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