Che: Part One

I felt like there was a lot of material out there and this film could be great.....Don't let the presence of Benicio Del Toro fool you:....That said, I like Steven Soderbergh a lot and I was excited to see a film about Che..... ... Full Review

Elegant and insightful, Part One covers the Cuban revolution.....R. Steven Soderbergh moves with confidence between studio romps like his "Ocean's" series and hardier indie fare..... ... Full Review

The story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death. ... Full Review

Regardless of how you feel about it politically, that is the film's great accomplishment. 'Che: Part One' is stunning ... Full Review

With Spanish dialogue, and based on Che's memoir "Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War," Part One works equally well as history and geography lessons (it opens with a map of Cuba, separated into sections), a biography and a thriller. They decided that the story needed the context of his earlier involvement with Fidel Castro in the successful overthrow of the Cuban dictator Batista to show why Che thought that revolution would also work in Bolivia. ... Full Review

Still, what Soderbergh has done, capturing in small moments the epic achievements of this revered and despised figure, is extraordinary. Clearly, audiences were ready to hunker down and watch Benicio Del Toro - winner of the best actor prize at 2008's Cannes - as Che and his ragtag band tromp through the greenery, bent on a coup. ... Full Review

Directed by Steven Soderbergh upon a story by Peter Buchman and Benjamin A. van der Veen, "Che" is a technically remarkable film. The movie is made of dates, names, locations and maneuvers, revolutionary zeal and soldierly strength, not emotion or human engagement. ... Full Review

By the time Guevara meets his unceremonious end, Soderbergh's masterful filmmaking has ceased to matter. Split into two parts with separate admissions, "Che" is a technically remarkable film; Pablo Zamárraga's editing alone is dazzling. ... Full Review

The movie requires patience.....Part One in a lush, widescreen format....the moral and political "truth" behind Che's actions....mesmerizing performance in the title role.... ... Full Review

Benicio Del Toro 's performance is technically flawless:....As history, though, "Che" is finally not epic but romance.....characters in movies interesting....its primary, indeed obsessive concern....But the charisma is the whole of the performance..... ... Full Review