The Washington Post
You can throw this adaptation of Alex Garland's novel back into the sea.
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The Beach
In this thriller based on an Alex Garland novel and directed by Danny Boyle (Sunshine), a young American backpacker (Leonardo DiCaprio, Don't Look Up) in Thailand comes into possession of a strange map leading to a rumoured island paradise.
Also stars Tilda Swinton (Memoria) and Virginie Ledoyen (Farewell, My Queen).
Less2000Rating: R119 minsUK, USAFigment Films
Thriller
- Director:
- Danny Boyle ('Trainspotting', '28 Days Later' 'Slumdog Millionaire')
- Writer:
- John Hodge
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprioVirginie LedoyenGuillaume CanetTilda SwintonStaffan KihlbomPaterson JosephPeter Youngblood HillsRobert CarlyleJerry SwindallLars Arentz-Hansen
The Beach | Reviews
21%121 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Roger Ebert
Watching The Beach is like experiencing a script conference where only sequences are discussed -- never the whole film. What is it about, anyway?
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San Francisco Chronicle
The Beach taps into something powerful that can't be overwhelmed by individual moments of silliness.
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Entertainment Weekly
Structured for an audience more familiar with MTV's Road Rules than with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
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Variety
Its narrative waters become rather muddy in the late going, and its currents finally don't run very deep.
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Chicago Tribune
A movie that tries to take us from heaven to hell but winds up leaving us in limbo: exasperated and dumbfounded.
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CNN
The Beach is beautiful, everyone has a lovely tan. But it's nothing to write home about.
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New York Daily News
There's only so much meaningful interplay you can get out of a beachful of slackers and some tanning oil.
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The Beach is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Disney+.