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The Beach
43
Metascore
34 reviews · Provided by
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67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
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.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Whether he's smacking into an iceberg or flopping topless onto a sandy beach, DiCaprio is still maddeningly lightweight.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
As a book, The Beach offers the option of diving deep. As a movie, it sticks too close to the shoreline.
50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Tries to take us from heaven to hell but winds up leaving us in limbo: exasperated and dumfounded.
50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A seriously confused film that makes three or four passes at being a better one and doesn't complete any of them.
50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Colorful and exciting, as far as it goes. But Boyle and Hodge pull back on their usual wit and grit.
40
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
A narrative that tries to juggle thriller elements, tons of pop culture imagery, and way too much philosophical baggage.
40
Salon
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon
Stephanie Zacharek
Boyle's Beach lacks imagination and energy, two things that might have distracted us, at least occasionally, from the material's tepidness.
34
Mr. Showbiz
Mr. Showbiz
The movie is an experience, of a sort they had a name for in the '60s: bummer.
25
USA Today
Mike Clark
USA Today
Mike Clark
Murky, pretentious and torturously inert.
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