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Feb 11, 2000 · “The Beach” is a seriously confused film that makes three or four passes at being a better one and doesn’t complete any of them. Since Leonardo DiCaprio is required to embody all of its shifting moods and aims, it provides him with more of a test than a better film might have; it’s like a triathlon where every time he spies the finish ...
36 votes, 19 comments. It's the kind of movie that has aged well over time in my opinion. The overall opinion is that Leo was not right for the role…
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 21% of 122 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Critics say The Beach is unfocused and muddled, a shallow adaptation of the novel it is based on.
Jun 4, 2000 · People go to a secret beach, live happily, than with shark attacks and drug farmers the dream becomes nightmare. Few of them die, they leave the beach. This is the film.
Feb 11, 2000 · ''The Beach'' is not a terrible movie, just an insubstantial one. All of Mr. DiCaprio's charisma and the director's savvy are used to divert us from the fact that there's not much...
- Danny Boyle
Jul 10, 2013 · Richard (DiCaprio) is a young traveler seeking adventure, who just landed in Bangkok. At a hotel, he meets a strange, high strung Scotsman (Robert Carlyle) with a mysterious story about a paradise-like island, only to find out his new friend committed suicide the next day, by slashing his wrists.
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"The Beach" is underwritten, so much so that it is mostly texture, like a scene that parodies love-on-the-beach sequences and then goes them one better: DiCaprio and Ledoyen kiss underwater,...
