Something's wrong

Rating: 7/10 (8 March 2000)

It started out as a great evening. Having read nothing before about this movie, I was fully prepared to have a wonderful time after the first minutes of The Beach. The music's good and the imagery created is very strong. So strong in fact that I didn't even notice at first that the last half of the film is totally unconvincing and weak in terms of story and dialogue. Perhaps reading the novel will shed some light on some unexplained parts of Richard's character.
Anyway, it wasn't a complete waste of time and money: I enjoyed even the weak scenes because I instantly fell in love with the wonderful Virginie Ledoyen. Sigh.