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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
It's a movie to feel. Even when the thinking isn't all there, the emotions are, all the way to the film's poignant last seconds.
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63
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Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Whether he's smacking into an iceberg or flopping topless onto a sandy beach, DiCaprio is still maddeningly lightweight.
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58
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
As a book, The Beach offers the option of diving deep. As a movie, it sticks too close to the shoreline.
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50
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
As (DiCaprio's) character heads for The Beach's predictable heart of darkness denouement, only die-hard fans will have the heart to tag along.
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50
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A seriously confused film that makes three or four passes at being a better one and doesn't complete any of them.
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50
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Colorful and exciting, as far as it goes. But Boyle and Hodge pull back on their usual wit and grit.
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40
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The New York Times A.O. Scott
Not a terrible movie, just an insubstantial one. All of DiCaprio's charisma and the director's savvy are used to divert us from the fact that there's not much going on.
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38
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Boston Globe Jay Carr
It's "Beach Blanket Bingo" revisited, but with a Eurocast and more exotic locations.
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30
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Relentlessly beautiful and wholly annoying.
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25
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USA Today Mike Clark
Murky, pretentious and torturously inert.
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