Like the revolutionary himself, Che is an unrelenting, uncompromising struggle against the norm, a refreshing break from the standards of cinema itself.

| Aug 5, 2020

Del Toro in the lead role... is an absolutely masterful performance, a tour de force portrayal that gets under the skin of Che without resorting the caricature.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 4, 2019

Soderbergh's noble trudge through a ground-level account of the Cuban Revolution as seen through our notional conduit, Che Guevara, is some feat of logistical filmmaking.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 2, 2018

Soderbergh prefers to show fact rather than get bogged down by trite dramatic gimmicks. This biopic sees life as a collection of incidents rather than a coherent whole with a beginning, middle and end.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 4, 2018

There's no need for character assassination here. But the absence of darker, more contradictory revelations of his nature leaves Che bereft of complexity. All that remains is a South American superman: uncomplex, pure of heart, defiantly pious and boring.

| Oct 17, 2018

It's magnificent filmmaking and Soderbergh's portrait of the man whose face adorns millions or T-shirts takes a neutral position... Like a jigsaw puzzle everything fits perfectly by the end.

| May 14, 2018

Little by little the facts are reconstructed, with great care, in detail, like a well-choreographed waltz... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 16, 2018

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 18, 2011

The myth somehow deserves better.

| Aug 16, 2011

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

The quality of the film is more than a testament to Mr Del Toro's acting skills, it is a reminder that Hollywood can make great films without 'selling out'.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 24, 2011

The director sees Guevara as a pure humanitarian. ... The films are excellent, but understanding this complex historical figure requires more than one source.

| Jan 26, 2011

Soderbergh has no interest in sentimentality, or back story, or even really in Guevara's philosophy, except as a rigorously footnoted onscreen reflection. Practically rejecting outright the concept of poetic license, Che is radical as a biopic.

| Original Score: 8.9/10 | Jun 13, 2010

simultaneously a Hollywood throwback with its lengthy, four-and-a-half-hour roadshow grandiosity and a challenging experiment in genre reformulation

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 4, 2010

Che is a ground-level study in perseverance.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 17, 2010

Those who have read something about this will get more out of the movies, but it's not compulsory. I saw both parts in one day and the experience was absorbing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 1, 2009

The Guevara portrayed here has humour but no irony: his commitment to the revolutionary ethos leaves little room for doubt, neurosis, or private loyalties of any kind.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 1, 2009

Soderbergh has made two almost perfect war films, more like the Rings Trilogy than The Green Berets.

| Oct 1, 2009

A major disappointment. Soderbergh has stripped the story of most of its drama and though Del Toro, who won Best Actor at Cannes last year, is very convincing as Che, this Spanish-language film almost seems like an anti-movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 30, 2009

Overall, a worthwhile venture if you have always wanted to know more about Guevara's controversial legacy, but were unsure where to start.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 30, 2009