What a disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (20 February 2000)

What a disappointment! I was so excited to see "The beach" on the big screen after having enjoyed so much Alex Garland's novel. A great story, interesting characters, well everything for a good movie. But the scenario is poor, with no real main line, more a series of shorts. John and Danny were not able to extract the essence of the novel, sad. So much time is wasted on useless scenes. The acting is far from bad but the efforts of DiCaprio, Swinton and LeDoyen are wasted by such a bad "mise en scène". Go and buy the book but do not waste 2 hours in front of the screen.