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Young Heroes Obsessive Quest Danger Escapades Mind and Soul Youth Mind Game Psychological more...
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Adventure Drama Thriller
Time/Period:
90s
Place:
Thailand Hotel Island Police Station Resort Ocean or Sea
Style:
Nonlinear Voice Over
Based on:
Based on Book
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Drugs/Alcohol Nudity

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The Beach, 2000

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton

Directed by: Danny Boyle

Written by: John Hodge

Language: English, French, Swedish, Thai, Serbo-Croatian

Country: USA, UK

Runtime: 119 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.3

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The mood of The Beach is stylized, suspenseful, and sexy. The plot centers around an obsessive quest, young heroes, and escapades. It is a drama, adventure, and thriller movie. Stylistically, The Beach is nonlinear and includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a police station, at a resort, and in a hotel. The Beach is set in Thailand. It happens in the 1990s. It is based on a book. Note that The Beach includes drugs/alcohol and nudity.

Summary of The Beach

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this high-charged tale of survival, based on the popular novel by Alex Garland. He portrays Richard, a traveling American who wants nothing more than to experience life completely. Backpacking in Thailand, he gets more than he bargained for when he discovers a seemingly utopian island that is protected by a weapon-yielding gang. Throw into the mix an affair with a beautiful young French woman (Virginie Ledoyen) and dangerous drug smugglers and the situation becomes even more dangerous. Director Danny Boyle (TRAINSPOTTING, SHALLOW GRAVE) turns up the energy to an almost unbearable level, making for an exhilarating ride.

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Language:	English, French, Swedish, Thai, Serbo-Croatian
Country:	USA, UK
Release date:	2 February 2000
Runtime:	119 min

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Leonardo DiCaprio

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Tilda Swinton

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TV Guide

Boyle's movie jettisons much of the telling detail; it has the shambling rhythm of a shaggy dog story and so simplifies the characters' ethical dilemmas that it's hard to care what they do. Full Review

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by: Maitland McDonagh

San Francisco Chronicle

It's a movie to feel. Even when the thinking isn't all there, the emotions are, all the way to the film's poignant last seconds. Full Review

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by: Mick LaSalle

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Two words: BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. I had the fortune of reading the book even before the movie became a concept and loved it. In the book, the main character is British and makes fun of Americans. In the movie he is an American and loses all of the... Read and rate it

07.July.2009
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by: Jamie
Jamie rated this movie0/10

Riveting Tale

Filmed in beautiful Thailand, Leonardo Dicaprio potrays a man searching for something... until he lands upon a map. Once he got the map, what he didnt realize was the map was a secret was a secret passage to an island of no laws and no rules and... Read and rate it

22.October.2008
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by: Deena
Deena rated this movie8/10Great

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