Release Date:
Friday, February 11, 2000
Leonardo DiCaprio could star in a film where he eats cans of Vienna sausages for two hours and millions of teen girls would swallow their retainers in anticipation. But he takes a refreshing risk in The Beach, his follow up to that movie about the boat. Its a darkly entertaining travelogue thats equal parts Gilligans Island and Apocalypse Now.
Brought to the screen by the Trainspotting team, The Beach follows American Richard (DiCaprio) to Bangkok. This tourist is looking for excitement and adventure, which he finds when appropriately named Daffy (Robert Carlyle) appears with a secret map to paradise. Richard convinces a pair of French tourists, including Françoise (the stunning Virginie Ledoyen), to make the journey to a secluded island and discover its secrets: hostile marijuana farmers and a community of well-oiled beach bums who populate the gorgeous tropical setting.
But what happens when you put so many beautiful people with such great skin in an island paradise? They play too much beach volleyball and eventually fuck things up. DiCaprio abandons his squeaky clean image in this movie and gets seriously unhinged, giving Marlon Brandos Colonel Kurtz a run for his jungle crazybug eatinhead choppin money. Toss aside your winter duds, grab your girl, and head for The Beach.
Brought to the screen by the Trainspotting team, The Beach follows American Richard (DiCaprio) to Bangkok. This tourist is looking for excitement and adventure, which he finds when appropriately named Daffy (Robert Carlyle) appears with a secret map to paradise. Richard convinces a pair of French tourists, including Françoise (the stunning Virginie Ledoyen), to make the journey to a secluded island and discover its secrets: hostile marijuana farmers and a community of well-oiled beach bums who populate the gorgeous tropical setting.
But what happens when you put so many beautiful people with such great skin in an island paradise? They play too much beach volleyball and eventually fuck things up. DiCaprio abandons his squeaky clean image in this movie and gets seriously unhinged, giving Marlon Brandos Colonel Kurtz a run for his jungle crazybug eatinhead choppin money. Toss aside your winter duds, grab your girl, and head for The Beach.