Very cliche and full of annoying international "hippie backpacker" type characters that it becomes grating at times. DiCaprio is good in this but he was punching far below his weight acting wise. This film has a couple decent songs on the soundtrack that really set the mood. Overall the story is mediocre and pedestrian just like the book it's based on but it's entertaining enough. The location is also beautiful.

Somehow loses the satire and hallucinatory quality of the book.

Would have been so much better if it had been Ewan McGregor as originally planned instead of Leo, and if they'd stuck to the book where he doesn't get laid at all. You end up hating Richard because DiCaprio plays him as a complete douche, shrieking and cocky whereas in the novel he's a sympathetic nerd. Too bad because the premise, the setting and the soundtrack are all pretty great.

Boredom in tropic.

Eye-catching visuals, and the theme of a closed, self-sufficient community in Southeast Asia quite gritty and interesting. Leonardo DiCaprio might have pleased Tilda Swinton, but the movie failed to please the viewer.

Beautiful Disaster.

This is probably the only other (Catch Me if You Can being the first) Leonardo DiCaprio film that I could even accept as a film. Too drawl and depressing but it did have a few small insights.

A great film that could have been much better had it not been for around 20 minutes of Richard (DiCaprio) going insane which really brought down the film. Its a great idea as Richard and two other tourists find a beach with a community of tourists living there, but soon realize its not all its cracked up to be. The scenery is beautiful and shows up nicely on camera. I also felt it ended rather well, so had it not been for that disappointing 'crazy' period the film would be even better.