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- It was a moderate box office success, grossing $144 million against a $50 million budget, but received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, who praised the film's scenery, soundtrack, and DiCaprio's performance, but criticized it as a muddled adaptation that loses the book's themes and social commentary.
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Feb 11, 2000 · In a fleabag hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, a fellow traveler (Robert Carlyle) tells him of an island paradise, hard to find but worth the trip. Will his journey borrow from a Joseph Conrad novel (Victory, say), as “Apocalypse Now” borrowed from Heart of Darkness? No such luck.
Etienne (Guillaume Canet) and Francoise (Virginie Ledoyen) join him on an adventure to "The Beach," a mystical paradise. However, this paradise is less than perfect.
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I just watched "The Beach." It's a good movie. Even though it's a movie made in 2000, it still feels modern in many ways. I actually go to a Buddhist temple. The first scene is Richard walking in front of a lying Buddha statue after leaving the airport. Sal is shown in the same pose with a bindi on her forehead.
Danny Brogan Common Sense Media. Sun, sea, and observations on how Richard (a young DiCaprio) survived the world without a smartphone, make this 2000 film a satisfying title to reflect on with...
Parents need to know that The Beach is the 2000 film adaptation of the popular '90s book by Alex Garland and features bloody violence, strong language, sex, and drugs. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Richard, a backpacker in Thailand who heads in search of a secret beach.
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- Corrina Antrobus
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The Beach: Directed by Danny Boyle. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon. On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.
Jun 4, 2000 · There is some good acting in the film, especially from Tilda Swinton who gives a nicely judged performance as Sal, a woman with steely eyes and a cut-glass accent who for most of the movie can seem threatening without ever issuing any direct threats or even raising her voice.
