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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543001775
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 25, 2000
Running Time: 119 minutes
Sales Rank: 13740
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Leonardo DiCaprio sought to distance himself from the purity of his character in Titanic, and his role in The Beach is in many ways a polar opposite. As Richard, a young American seeking to "suck in the experience" of freestyle travel in Thailand, he's a chronic liar, a pot-smoking hedonist, an amoral lover, and ultimately an unstable snake in a doomed Garden of Eden. This crazy descent might be expected from the filmmakers of Trainspotting, but The Beach is a movie without a rudder, venturing into fascinating territory, promising a stimulating adventure, and then careening out of control.
After receiving a not-so-secret map to a secluded island from a stoned-out loony (Robert Carlyle, full of dark portent and spittle), Richard sets out to find the hidden paradise with a young French couple (Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet). What they find is a tropical commune existing in delicate balance with Thai pot farmers, and before long--as always--there's trouble in paradise. There's trouble in the movie, too, as DiCaprio is reduced to histrionics when the plot turns into a muddled mix of Lord of the Flies and Apocalypse Now, with shark attacks tossed in for shallow tension. Director Danny Boyle attempts perfunctory romance and a few audacious moves (notably DiCaprio's vision of life as a violent video game), but what's the point? Tilda Swinton registers strongly as the commune's charismatic leader, but her character--and the entire film--remains largely undeveloped, and pretty scenery is no guarantee of a laudable film. --Jeff Shannon
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In Danny Boyle's masterpiece, the young wanderer finds that the Community he once found so enthralling and unique survives as artifact even if not as a tangible, living entity in itself.
The Beach is a classic road film. instead of shoe-leather (as in The Wizard of Oz), horses, bikes (Easy Rider), trains or cars, the mode of travel for the fellow travelers is paddle boat, high-diving (jumping) and swimming in the lovely wilderness of Thailand. With apparent homage to the classic fairy ... Read More
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I really liked The Beach. The concept of travel abroad without reservation is highly appealing. The thought of finding a remote island all to myself is that much more exciting and enticing. There are, however, a few things with which I have problems.
Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) is an American backpacker in Thailand living a laissez faire existence. He just wants to have fun without the worries of every day life; he wants to explore and enjoy all that there is to offer. In other words, ... Read More
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There is a genre of film we have dubbed It's-So-Hard-Being (Fill In Pampered Stars Name Here) Cinema, in which an obscenely over-paid actor goes through an existential crisis and finds his life, like, totally shallow, and so divorces himself from all those superficial trappings and returns to what's really important. Think of Anthony Hopkins in It-Stinked -- sorry, INSTINCT, Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY, Winona Ryder in GIRL, INTERRUPTED. The resulting performances are usually difficult to swallow since ... Read More
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I did like The Beach despite of it's depressing nature. It certainly is not a "pick me up" kind of a film, but there was just something about the idea of this really happening that is very intriguing to me. I like to daydream and what better movie than to watch to stimulate my imagination. The actors and actresses were great. Tilda Swinton was the "ringleader" if you will, (she also starred as the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia) she just has a very believable presence on film that drew me in the movie. ... Read More
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Young male visitor to Thailand circa 1999 finds life of possibilities which never existed 30 years ago. Imagine thinking of this area of the world as an island paradise during Vietnam, Kent State et al. Anyway, Richard (DiCaprio)throws it all away, first by lying about a copy of an island map, then by allowing his sexual emotions to run rampant.He fails to see that the women of a small commune that embraces him are not to be trusted with sexual secrets, especially the dangerous Swinton, the seemingly ... Read More
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