★★★½ The Beach

[Gino: 3.5]

Gino says: 'Danny Boyle movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a young man exploring the world coming upon a secret paradise community. About the increasingly difficult steps that must be taken to keep it secret. Most of the way though, I was quite enjoying this film -- I liked the semi-original idea of slowly building up a paradise and then slowly dismantling it as reality sets in. But after a while the film loses it's patient, deliberate pace I think unravels too quickly. May be my fault though, for having to watch it over like 6 viewings.'