5/10

Rating: Null/10 (27 February 2000)

What the hell has Danny Boyle done?
He is one of the best movie directors in the business at the moment, with Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and A Life Less Ordinary all brilliant movies. So what went wrong with The Beach? It is a brilliant novel, had a great crew and a good cast of young and upcoming actors and a good soundtrack. But the movie was c**p.

*PLOT REVEALED*
I expected a lot more from it but it did not deliver, it also missed out one of the most important plot points, why Richard goes breifly insane. It fails to mention his obsession with Vietnam and computer games leaving anyone who hasn't seen the film saying
"WHAT THE F**K?!!!!!"