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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 206 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2273
Category: DVD
Director: Walter Salles
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Label: Universal Studios
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 127 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1417022043
UPC: 025192594229
EAN: 0025192594229
ASIN: B00005JNCZ
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
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The beauty of the South American landscape and of Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Bad Education) gives The Motorcycle Diaries a charisma that is decidedly apolitical. But this portrait of the young Che Guevara (later to become a militant revolutionary) is half buddy-movie, half social commentary--and while that may seem an unholy hybrid, under the guidance of Brazillian director Walter Salles (Central Station) the movie is quietly passionate. Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna, a lusty and engaging actor) set off from Buenos Aires, hoping to circumnavigate the continent on a leaky motorcycle. They end up travelling more by foot, hitchhiking, and raft, but their experience of the land and the people affects them profoundly. No movie could affect an audience the same way, but The Motorcycle Diaries gives a soulful glimpse of an awakening social conscience, and that's worth experiencing. --Bret Fetzer
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Customer Reviews: Read 201 more reviews...
 Technically, a very good film, but celebrates a person of horrible actions June 23, 2006
From a purely product perspective, this is a very good film. The scenery is outstanding, the actors are good, the story is interesting, etc. So what's the problem?
The issue is that we are watching a film that puts a person who did horrible things into an extremely positive light. Che Gueverra is shown to be a Christlike figure in this film. He never does anything wrong and he has an affinity to take care of lepers. We see him hurt for the poor people he encounters on his journey and we see him try to help them. The actor playing Che has a lot of charisma and the viewer can't help but pull for him.
What the film doesn't show are the crimes against humanity and the ultimate outcome of his efforts to "help" others. Was he a bad person, or a saint at heart like the film shows? Well, I can't look into his heart, but I can say that his actions brought a lot of pain and oppression on innocents. Why then, do we celebrate his life with a film like this?
I was able to enjoy the film at face value, imagining that it was just some fictional account. And by that standard this is a 5 star film up until the last scene, where the viewer is told that Che was "murdered under the approval of the CIA". That's were the film makers made this a politcal film instead of just a good story.
I ended up giving the film 3 stars, but its actually hard to rate a film like this at all. As one review below mentioned, a film about Hitler could fit this same pattern. Would I enjoy such a film? If not, how can I not be disgusted with this film. So, I tried to give it a neutral rating and explain my thoughts.
glimpses of a journey June 19, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is not a typical movie which revolves around a plot,then reaches the climax and the end credits roll-on,and you come home feeling entertained.No...this is not such a movie.this is a film about a meaningful events of a man who later became a REAL hero.
its full of fun events in the beginning of the film,later slowly transforming in to something very intense and meaningful.
ofcourse the music is of great quality and the picturesque landscapes are stunning.but this film is more on the documentry side...
so be prepared,if you gonna watch this
hasta la victoria siempre! June 4, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
this spanish language film accounts the early life of che guevara, and his tour thru south america while on vacation from medical school in argentina in the early 1950s. whatever one thinks of che, one cannot dispute the charisma. and gael garcia bernal (who is dreamy creamy, btw) evokes that on screen. the sequence in the leper colony can not help but get to you. and if the movie is a trifle overlong, im not sure what i would have omitted. worth anyones time.
 Beautifullly Done June 1, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a beautifully done film...both scenically and with a haunting message as well. The portrayal of a young man struggling to fulfill his prescribed destiny in society and trying to find adventure in the midst of a monotonous life. The public can get a glimpse as to the inspiration or exasperation of Ernesto Guevara, of course the film is just that, a film. It certainly called in me a necessity to find more realiable material for this man's cause. To ultimately find, that what is truly admirable about Che are his firm beliefs, right or wrong, and his ability to sacrifice his own life for those beliefs.
Beautiful movie. Horrible message. May 22, 2006
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
How's this for a movie idea? It's Germany, 1906, and we're following the picaresque adventures of 17 year old Adolf Hitler and his comedic sidekick August Kubizek. As our romantic young heroes flirt with fraulein all over scenic Austria and Bavaria and get into scraps with local yokels, among other wacky misadventures, they experience a political awakening as they witness the various depradations which the Jews are inflicting upon the German people. Among other crimes, we see the lascivious Jewish pimp selling the flesh of kidnapped 13 year old Aryan girls and the greedy Jewish capitalist cheating the German workers out of a living wage. In the film's climactic moment, after attending a performance of Wagner's stirring anthem to freedom- Rienzi- young Adolf and August climb the Freienberg hill overlooking Linz and Adolf, standing heroically in the moonlight with his blue eyes ablaze with purpose and an other-worldly determination, makes an impassioned declaration that from that moment forth he would live only for Germany and would one day lead her people out of their current bondage into a glorious future of freedom and justice for all. To the ecstatic theme of some Wagnerian crescendo, our film climaxes with a closeup of Adolf, his beautiful face ringed by the moon in a saintly halo.
Sound outrageous? Then why aren't you outraged at the identical cinematic treatment given to Che Guevara, a murderous thug whose life's goal was to violently force mankind into slavery under the most blood-soaked, anti-human ideological system in history? This is a great movie- the story is absorbing; the characters are eminently likeable and sympathetic; the cinematography is stunningly lush and beautiful. But looming over it all is the fact that this is a hagiography for a psychotic mass murderer. One shudders to wonder that if a mere glamorous photograph of Che from the 1960s succeeded in beguiling 2 generations of feebleminded college radicals, then what kind of effect will this expertly rendered piece of totalitarian propaganda have on today's youth and future generations of young morons?
It would be futile to try to enumerate this madman's thousands of crimes here. The interested reader could easily uncover the truth through a quick internet search. Suffice it to say that during the Cuban Missile Crisis he agitated to start a nuclear war and hoped to build his Maoist paradise amidst the radioactive ashes. Che is dead and his most fitting monuments are the concentration camps and mass graves he left behind. The larger issue is that this is yet another example- as if it were needed- of the mental perversion and hypocrisy of Hollywood. Whose idolatrous biopic should we expect next? Stalin's? Mao's? Bin Laden's? Hollywood is a fetid dumpster, breeding disease and infestation throughout the world, and any American who financially supports its products is a fool who is paying for his own contamination and eventual destruction.
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