N/A

A brilliant example of changing the material to suit the medium without losing the message.

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03/28/05

N/A

In pitching for the mass market, Boyle's film has allowed itself to be rebranded as a Hollywood star vehicle, a cynical assemblage that is never more than the sum of its market-researched parts.

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12/02/02

4/5

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10/30/02

4/10

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01/01/00

2/5

A mad assemblage of earlier, better bungle-in-the-jungle stories.

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07/23/07

N/A

By attempting to combine elements of mystery, adventure, action and romance, 'The Beach' becomes too jumbled to follow with much interest.

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04/24/05

2/4

While it thumped along, I had plenty of time to ponder the other and better movies that it reminded me of.

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06/23/03

1.5/4

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05/20/03

C

Three-fifths of a great movie sunk by a crucial tonal misstep. A cross between Lord of the Flies, Swiss Family Robinson and Apocalypse Now.

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02/17/03

3/5

...Riddled with bizarre contrivances and unlikely scenarios.

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02/08/03

1.5/5

The film equivalent of eating one of those circular rice wafer things that taste like nothing.

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12/08/02

2.5/4

Boyle takes a seriously wrong turn in the closing third of the film.

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10/15/02

2.5/5

As it stands, the film is competent enough to be bearable, but not enough to hammer home any points of interest.

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