The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)
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Feb 11, 2000 · Richard and his new French friends Francoise ( Virginie Ledoyen) and Etienne ( Guillaume Canet) arrive safely at a sort of retro hippie commune where the pot is free, the bongos beat every night and all is blissful on the beach, watched over by the stern eye of Sal ( Tilda Swinton ), the community's leader.
The desire to find something real -- to connect with something or someone -- is what drives Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young American backpacker who arrives in Thailand with adventure on his ...
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Feb 11, 2000 · The Beach: Directed by Danny Boyle. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon. On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.
The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle, from a screenplay by John Hodge, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio , Tilda Swinton , Virginie Ledoyen , Guillaume Canet , and Robert Carlyle .
When a troubled tourist called Daffy (Robert Carlyle) shares his secret map for a secluded beach, Richard embarks upon a dangerous pilgrimage, bringing along French couple Françoise (Virginie Ledoyen) and Étienne (Guillaume Canet) for the ride.
Jun 4, 2000 · The Beach is an adventure drama movie directed by Danny Boyle and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Tilda Swinton, Guillaume Canet and Robert Carlyle. A man travelling to Thailand gets an old map of an island rumoured to be a paradise.
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. Full Review | Original Score: C | Feb 17, 2003
"The Beach" is underwritten, so much so that it is mostly texture, like a scene that parodies love-on-the-beach sequences and then goes them one better: DiCaprio and Ledoyen kiss underwater,...
Movie Review. In his first starring role since Titanic, teen heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio hits The Beach as Richard, a jaded young sensation-seeker whose desperate quest for stimulation takes him from the streets of Thailand to a secret island inhabited by armed marijuana farmers and members of a postmodern commune.
The Beach. 43. Metascore. 34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com. 67. 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.
