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03/02/2000 Drama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller 1h 59m
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Somewhere on this planet it must exist.

Overview

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.

  1. Danny Boyle

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Leonardo DiCaprio

    Richard

  2. Virginie Ledoyen

    Françoise

  3. Guillaume Canet

    Étienne

  4. Tilda Swinton

    Sal

  5. Staffan Kihlbom

    Christo

  6. Paterson Joseph

    Keaty

  7. Peter Youngblood Hills

    Zeph

  8. Robert Carlyle

    Daffy

  9. Jerry Swindall

    Sammy

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-06-29
Getting away from it all may not be perfection paradise after all?

I first viewed this film upon its release and felt that the final third did the film down - and that the voice-over took away from the essence of the story, thus it's average. My subsequent viewings over the years would see me lament about an arcade game sequence and bemoaning that Robert Carlyle wasn't given a more extended role, yet it has become a film that sees me totally on board with director Danny Boyle's production and it's now that I think it puts the story together with poignant precision.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$40,000,000.00

Revenue
$144,056,873.00

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