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The Beach
PG (SINGAPORE)
2000
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The Beach
Positive Reviews
20
Negative reviews
23
Average Rating
2.4
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2.0
Built to showcase Boyles cagey rock & roll aesthetic and structured for an audience more familiar with MTVs Road Rules than with Joseph Conrads Heart ..
EW
2.5
Watching The Beach is like experiencing a script conference where only sequences are discussed never the whole film. What is it about, anyway
Rogerebert
2.0
Boyles film is crammed full of hoary ideas on the nature of paradise and mankinds innate ability to fuck up even the most revelatory of situations, bu ..
2.0
A mad assemblage of earlier, better bungle in the jungle stories.
E Film Critic
3.5
Despite a flat finale and some laughable hypothesizing about pursuits of liberty, the movie has its own addictive elements: well used electronica, Dar ..
San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
Its emotions are simple.The longings at its heart are naked, and many of its moments are plainly ridiculous.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Despite the dodginess of this interlude, however, Boyles direction holds a true line between allure and horror, and Hodges script is intriguing and fo ..
3.0
Adventure fans might like some of it, romance seekers might enjoy parts as well, a little drama, a little comedy.Hard to pinpoint.
JoBlo
5.0
As many spiritual teachers have warned: if you do not want pain, dont only seek pleasure.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Very handsome to look at...but its equally apparent that as a narrative the film is extremely silly and disjointed.
One Guys Opinion
2.5
Theres also the rather vapid message that great beauty often holds great danger.
ReelViews
2.5
While it thumped along, I had plenty of time to ponder the other and better movies that it reminded me of.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Three travelers are determined not to be mere tourists in a narrative (2000) that tries to juggle thriller elements, tons of pop culture imagery, and ..
Chicago Reader
3.0
Unfortunately, the story doesnt keep pace with the high production values on this film.
Lariat
3.0
Production values are high, the Thai scenery is gorgeous, and the music is evocative.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
I enjoyed the scenery in this picture, loved the soundtrack and laughed my ass off.
News Review
2.5
Despite a splendidly glorious look and the potential for some decent drama and fireworks, the film ends up devolving into a mess of silliness and utte ..
Screen It
2.0
This junior league Heart of Darkness never reaches the levels of profundity it aspires to all thats left is a big budget bummer.
Film Journal International ..
1.5
Many of the films problems lie with the source material, which reads well in print but seems ludicrous and contrived on the big screen.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.0
The Beach never really strays from the commercial track while exploring its inhabitants hopes and fears, but considering that we in the audience can t ..
Internet Reviews
1.5
Theyre looking to escape civilization, but of course, the minute youve got more than two people together, youve got politics youve got civilization.
3.0
By attempting to combine elements of mystery, adventure, action and romance, The Beach becomes too jumbled to follow with much interest.
Reel Talk Reviews
1.5
The film equivalent of eating one of those circular rice wafer things that taste like nothing.
Flim Threet
3.8
Despite its quickie slasher sequel nature, Scream 2 hardly felt like a rush job; it had all the genuine scares and crucially the sharp, self effacing ..
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
The Beach is not at all a bad film simply a misguided one that is ruined by an amateurish screenplay that is missing three important elements: a heart ..
The Movie Boy
3.1
An utterly common and uninvolving amalgam of paradise photography, detached pop psychology and watered down danger.
Spliced Wire
3.0
Heres one of those American action fillums that just plain works, despite lacking a story, or a cast that acts the house down.
Herald Sun
1.9
It gets my premature congratulations for its assured success.But success and quality seem to have little correlation when it comes to blockbusters, as ..
Movie Habit
2.5
As it stands, the film is competent enough to be bearable, but not enough to hammer home any points of interest.
Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
Beautiful to watch, but this paradise is just a mirage ultimately theres nothing there.
E Online
3.1
Unfortunately soon after, all this set up falls like a house made of cards; as the filmmakers opt for a showdown style climax while abandoning what sh ..
Ross Anthony
2.5
The Beach is a much less silly film than The Blue Lagoon, that tasteful 1980 exploitation film designed to showcase Brooke Shieldss kiddie porn chic.B ..
News Week
2.0
It was just too bad that the story didnt have more weight, or should I say some weight.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
3.0
But it is riddled with bizarre contrivances and unlikely scenarios.
Film Quips Online
1.5
In pitching for the mass market, Boyles film has allowed itself to be rebranded as a Hollywood star vehicle, a cynical assemblage that is never more t ..
Bfi
0.5
Its hard to believe a studio would green light a film so emotionally lukewarm and even downright hokey as this if not for Leos presence.
Denver Post
1.5
the film itself turns out to be much like its hero Richard: good looking, slightly cryptic and ultimately more than a little tiresome.
James Sanford on Film
3.5
GOP rips Cuomo for America was never that great Gov. Andrew Cuomo was under siege by his political opponents Thursday after he said a day earlier that ..
Rochester Goes Out
1.5
An embarrassing disaster that should have been beached while in pre production.
Juicy Cerebellum
1.9
The Beach is quite easily the most colorful bad movie of the year...
Cinema Phile
1.5
The Beach is a flick only Leos mom and his Schwab broker could love.
Movie Juice
1.9
Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a moody American on extended vacation in Thailand.He is searching for something different..something perfect..and hasnt ..
Cine Matter
3.0
The glimpses of paradise are so intoxicating that its easy to ignore the cliches and enjoy the drama anyway.
3.1
Boyle takes a seriously wrong turn in the closing third of the film.
2.0
Leo spazzes out like a frat boy at every opportunity, and his later descent into madness looks more like a descent into the worlds worst Martin Sheen ..
eye WEEKLY
2.0
Three fifths of a great movie sunk by a crucial tonal misstep. A cross between Lord of the Flies, Swiss Family Robinson and Apocalypse Now.
Entertainment Today
1.5
Fails to convincingly represent the psychological link between the protagonists fantasies and his need to redefine his concept of paradise.
2.0
When you look back at The Beach, it feels like the first stirrings of DiCaprios edgy, youthful brio shedding its skin.
Cultural Conversation
1.5
A kind of adventure holiday for the MTV generation rather than a cautionary tale of a society that turns in on itself.
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