The Beach (2000) ★★☆☆☆

A ‘love it or hate it’ film; it’s as simple as that.  Based on Alex Garland’s novel, a young traveller named Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), while at a hotel in Bangkok, finds a map left by his neighbour, Daffy (Robert Carlyle) who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where other souls have settled. Richard persuades…