Formen er forbilledligt stram trods det episodiske plot, dialogen er vittig og de to hovedfigurer står godt til hinanden...

...concentrate on the awakening of one young man's sympathies as he undertakes a difficult spiritual and physical journey.

If Ernesto had not later become Che Guevara and inspired countless T-shirts, there would be no reason to tell this story, which is interesting in the manner of a travelogue but simplistic as a study of Che's political conversion.