when it come to biopics and there be usually two discernibly differentiate form while the film and and the documentary . of course and when i use the word documentary and i do not mean it literally and but rather and a a mean to say that the approach it director take it similar to those use by director of documentary . che and which come in the shadow of a recent but very different cousin w. and be such a movie that exist not to entertain or provide the viewer with any personal gratification outside of historical and biographical information on it central figure and topic . where oliver stone decide to take a much more light hearted and human paintbrush to his canvas and steven soderbergh here use stern and almost completely serious shade and create an informative and compelling account of a man that become a living icon in our modern culture . so like most of those that have come before it and che be a movie that be best appreciate under no pretence while this be a history lesson disguise a film and and while it do tell a good story and those look for entertainment best look away . of course and the icon that i refer to be quite obviously cuban revolutionist ernesto che guevara here play by benicio del toro and a figure now embellish upon the memory of those with slight interest in political history . if not and then you probably have his face on a t shirt somewhere and you do not know . yet it doesn not matter how or why you know of guevara before you view che because peter buchman do a fine job of introduce you to him here . plus and couple with a performance that never beg for attention but instead simply play the man he suppose to be portray with no overt padding and del toro go a long way to give che the right amount of conviction that be need to keep thing interesting and dynamic . make no mistake and this be no dramatization of the man life and so del toro never pile on the melodrama or anything to that degree to win over the audience and and this be reflect not only through the movie ensemble of performance and but through the entire production itself . have the feature remain it original singular and five hour form however and a different opinion may have be garner and but a it stand and the movie do well on it own merit . part one and which detail the initial struggle of the revolution of cuba and be less about guevara and more about his cause under the leadership of fidel castro . grant and focus be shift every now and again to set up part two inevitable centralization upon che himself and but for the most part and part one remain more a a wide angled view on the movement in which guevara be part of . this shift in focus do well to once again distance the movie away from mere speculative entertainment and more towards the form of an educational informant . yes and there be scene that drag on and on and and generally some of these seem superfluous and dubious to the overall arc of the production and but for the most part and the script and direction remain coherent in it willingness to merely document rather than emote . a a whole and che first half be an unassuming picture . at first glance and it isn not anything remotely special and and probably would not provide viewer with any degree of resonance if they be not interested in the man and his people struggle beforehand and yet the same can be say for a number of similar feature . instead and i can only recommend this to those who be interested in the revolution and do not mind slow pace and attention demand material that do entertain from time to time and but only a a natural result of it historical importance . again and those look for a character piece similar to stone portrayal of george w. bush last year would be wise to reevaluate their will to see che while although title after the man himself and and a biopic on a purely ostensible level and che be more about his fight than the man himself . there be no real moment of personal insight here and no cathartic revelation or study of psyche . no and instead the movie tell the fact a they be and straight from the horse mouth and and while they can sometimes work against the common desire of cinema goer need for personal fulfillment and if digest objectively and can provide a strongly engaging and interesting and informative piece of historically significant art . a review by jamie robert ward ( http represent or or www . invocus . net ) .