It sucked cheese  a movie for film students or DiCaprio groupies

Rating: 1/10 (2 September 2000)

I would only suggest you watch this film if you want to study large budget failures or just think Leonardo DiCaprio poops roses.
The only thing this film has going for it is the photography, at times it's breath taking but beyond that the dialog is bizarre and disjointed and the acting, specially DiCaprio's is substandard. The stylized fantasy `departures' are often laughably bad.
This film was so full of itself, that there wasn't room for the audience, as though we should be in awe of the greatness being presented. Pleeeeease.

Quite frankly, `The Beach' doesn't deserve any more time spent explaining why it should seen when GREAT films like Angela's Ashes sit collecting dust on the rental shelf.