The Beach (2000)
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 116
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 94
Critics say The Beach is unfocused and muddled, a shallow adaptation of the novel it is based on. Points go to the gorgeous cinematography, though.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 28
Critics say The Beach is unfocused and muddled, a shallow adaptation of the novel it is based on. Points go to the gorgeous cinematography, though.
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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 193,593
Movie Info
For his first major project after the overwhelming success of Titanic, Leonardo Di Caprio took a risky path in this adaptation of Alex Garland's acclaimed novel, directed by Danny Boyle. Richard (Di Caprio) is an American backpacking through Asia with a handful of friends from Europe. While in Bangkok, he meets a mad Scotsman who calls himself Daffy Duck (Robert Carlyle). Shortly before Mr. Duck kills himself, he gives Richard a crude map to a place in Thailand that he claims is paradise on
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Cast
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Richard -
Tilda Swinton
Sal -
Virginie Ledoyen
Francoise -
Guillaume Canet
Etienne -
Paterson Joseph
Keaty -
Robert Carlyle
Daffy Duck -
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Jerry Swindall
Sammy -
Lars Arentz Hansen
Bugs -
Joshua Cole
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Helene de Fougerolles
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Victoria Smurfit
Weathergirl -
Stacy A. Hart
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Daniel York
Hustler -
Raweeporn Srimonju
Sumet -
Daniel Caltagirone
Unhygenix -
Peter Gevisser
Gregorio -
Staffan Kihlbom
Christo -
Abhijati Jusakul
Senior farmer -
Michael R. Thorpe
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Jukka Hiltunen
Karl -
Bindu De Stoppani
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Zelda Tinska
Sonja -
Myriam Acharki
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Somchai Santitarangkul
Farmer -
Kawee "Seng" Sirikanerat
Farmer -
Somboon Phutaroth
Cleaning woman -
Weeratham "Norman" Wichai...
Detective, Detective" -
Jak Boon
Travel agent -
Krongthong Thampradith
Woman with key -
Sanya "Gai" Cheunjit
Farmer -
Kaneung "Nueng" Kenla
Farmer -
Somkuan "Kuan" Siroon
Farmer -
Lidija Zovkic
Mirjana -
Samue Gough
Guitarman -
Magnus Lindgren
Sten -
Andrew Carmichael
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Nina Jacques
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Sheriden Jones
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Gunilla Karlson
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Sian Martin
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Isabella Seibert
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Elizabeth Thomas
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Timothy Webster
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Ramon Woolfe
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Saskia Mulder
Hilda -
Simone Huber
Eva -
Patcharawan Patarakijjano...
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All Critics (132) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (94) | DVD (26)
A narrative that tries to juggle thriller elements, tons of pop culture imagery, and way too much philosophical baggage.
Ultimately, it seems more bland than bad.
The Beach, designed to provoke audiences, stops for too many Hollywood moments to get the job done.
Its narrative waters become rather muddy in the late going, and its currents finally don't run very deep.
All the beauty in the world can't camouflage the movie's gorgeous emptiness.
A mad assemblage of earlier, better bungle-in-the-jungle stories.
By attempting to combine elements of mystery, adventure, action and romance, 'The Beach' becomes too jumbled to follow with much interest.
A brilliant example of changing the material to suit the medium without losing the message.
While it thumped along, I had plenty of time to ponder the other and better movies that it reminded me of.
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.
...Riddled with bizarre contrivances and unlikely scenarios.
The film equivalent of eating one of those circular rice wafer things that taste like nothing.
In pitching for the mass market, Boyle's film has allowed itself to be rebranded as a Hollywood star vehicle, a cynical assemblage that is never more than the sum of its market-researched parts.
Boyle takes a seriously wrong turn in the closing third of the film.
As it stands, the film is competent enough to be bearable, but not enough to hammer home any points of interest.
Ao aceitar protagonizar esta produção, DiCaprio comprova ser um artista que ambiciona mais do que ser apenas um milionário sem nada de inteligente para mostrar no currículo.
It doesn't really come off, but it's an admirably ambitious, and mostly very engaging, coming-of-age adventure that apes the spirit of Joseph Conrad.
As many spiritual teachers have warned: if you do not want pain, don't only seek pleasure.
The glimpses of paradise are so intoxicating that it's easy to ignore the cliches and enjoy the drama anyway.
a deeply flawed adventure film with heavy themes about the fragile nature of paradise
An uneasy blend of tones and styles, a disappointing return to the spotlight by its star and another jumbled effort by its director.
Audience Reviews for The Beach
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- Richard: That is an ASSHOLE idea!
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- Richard: You hope and you dream. But you never believe that something's gonna happen for you. Not like it does in the movies. And when it actually does, you expected to feel different, more visceral, more real. I was waiting for it to hit me.
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- Richard: Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.
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- Richard: And me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for, 'cause it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something, and if you find that moment... it lasts forever.
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- Richard: No offence an' all, but, you're fucked in the head, right?
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- Francoise: Richard, this is just the kind of pretentious bullshit that Americans always say to French girls so they can sleep with them.
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