` ` Che '' has a brilliant first half , but second half is repetitious , and EW . Steven Weber 's two - hour film is trying to make a point , but loses steam . Che is twice as long as it needs to be , but it is also only half the movie it should have been . However , Guillermo Del Toro is terrific as famed Marxist filmmaker .
` ` Che '' has a brilliant first half , but second half is repetitious , and EW . Steven Weber 's two - hour film is trying to make a point , but loses steam . However , Guillermo Del Toro is terrific as famed Marxist filmmaker .