The Beach (2000)

The Beach rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 266K votes

Rotten Tomatoes21%

Metacritic43%

TMDb6.482/10· 5K votes

With 21% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 43/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About The Beach

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

Cast of The Beach

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  Leonardo DiCaprio

  as Richard

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  Virginie Ledoyen

  as Françoise

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  Guillaume Canet

  as Étienne

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  Tilda Swinton

  as Sal

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  Staffan Kihlbom

  as Christo

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  Paterson Joseph

  as Keaty

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  Peter Youngblood Hills

  as Zeph

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  Robert Carlyle

  as Daffy

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  Jerry Swindall

  as Sammy

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  Lars Arentz-Hansen

  as Bugs

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  Jukka Hiltunen

  as Karl

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  Magnus Lindgren

  as Sten

The Beach facts

Budget

$40M

Box office

$144.1M

Our take on The Beach

Danny Boyle's 2000 adventure follows Richard, a twenty-something backpacker who arrives in Thailand and comes into possession of a mysterious map. Rumor holds that it leads to a hidden beach paradise, an untouched tropical idyll, and, intrigued, he sets out to find it. Boyle brings his restless visual energy to a story about the seductive dream of escape and the darker realities lurking beneath it. Blending travelogue beauty with mounting unease, it appeals to viewers drawn to atmospheric adventure dramas about youth, wanderlust and the cost of chasing paradise. If you like sun-soaked stories with a thriller's undercurrent and a questioning eye on utopia, it's worth seeking out.