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Roger Ebert, At the Movies: A seriously confused film that makes three or four passes at being a better one and doesn't complete any of them. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: The Beach is beautiful, everyone has a lovely tan. But it's nothing to write home about. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: A dark, muddled, ambitious but derivative piece. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: While watching The Beach, you'll feel every wave of water, every breeze of air, every ray of sunshine. But not much else. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: The Beach is not a terrible movie, just an insubstantial one. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: DiCaprio has shifted from giving performance -- and often good performance -- to giving persona, and The Beach is nothing if not a vehicle engineered for that shift. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: All the beauty in the world can't camouflage the movie's gorgeous emptiness. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Tedious and unsatisfying. Read more
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: A narrative that tries to juggle thriller elements, tons of pop culture imagery, and way too much philosophical baggage. Read more
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: The film does not aspire to sociology. It just wants to tell a story. And that it does well. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: It's hard to believe a studio would green-light a film so emotionally lukewarm and even downright hokey as this if not for Leo's presence. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Structured for an audience more familiar with MTV's Road Rules than with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Ultimately, it seems more bland than bad. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The last 40 minutes aren't merely dissatisfying -- they're virtually unbearable. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The Beach taps into something powerful that can't be overwhelmed by individual moments of silliness. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: Its narrative waters become rather muddy in the late going, and its currents finally don't run very deep. Read more
Amy Taubin, Village Voice: Plays like a combination of The Blue Lagoon and a video game. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: You can throw this adaptation of Alex Garland's novel back into the sea. Read more