The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries

Let the world change you...and you can change the world.

Directed by Walter Salles

Produced by Film4 Productions, South Fork Pictures

2004126 min7.4 / 10

A warm, visually beautiful coming-of-age road movie that traces a young man's awakening to social injustice and human connection across South America.

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

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  • Does The Motorcycle Diaries end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is The Motorcycle Diaries easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is The Motorcycle Diaries scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Motorcycle Diaries violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Motorcycle Diaries sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise41

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love85

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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