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The Beach Bum

The Beach Bum

2019
Comedy
1h 35m
A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules. (imdb)

Directed by:

Harmony Korine

Screenwriter:

Harmony Korine

Starring:

Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Martin Lawrence, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill, Jimmy Buffett, Jo Marie Payton, Stefania LaVie Owen, Joshua Ritter, Ricardo Matallana, Debra Cohen

Genre:

Comedy

Countries:

France, Switzerland, UK, USA

Languages:

English, Spanish
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The Beach Bum

2019
Comedy
1h 35m
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hofschneiderHofschneider
Rated 04 Apr 2019
64
19th
A failure. Because it lacks the melancholic gesture and social fundament of Spring Breakers to create the disturbing and emotional disconnection to the world. Here, we are suppose to enjoy the nihilism because we tell ourselves that we know that it's nihilism. In Spring Breakers the enjoyment came first and we were surprised to find sadness within us, our taste and values. Basically, it feels like Korine gave up on the world. Before the Beach Bum, he just pretended he had done that.
Rated 04 Apr 2019
barthalenBarthalen
Rated 27 Jan 2020
75
68th
A man hedonisms through life, skirts around tragedy and responsibility, allowed to live life on his own unusual carefree terms. On the one hand it's too in love with its consequence-free protagonist who never has to learn or grow. On the other hand it leads to 90 minutes of nicely shot, colorful and amusing McConaughey scene-chewery that felt like wish fulfillment to this responsibility-avoiding slacker. It's all kinda slight and I'm not sure if I should be annoyed it didn't have more to say.
Rated 27 Jan 2020
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 05 Apr 2019
5
91st
Korine imbues The Beach Bum with a poetic sense of pathos that belies the fact that it is nonetheless as pure a stoner comedy as exists. His various ethos ("there is beauty in all shit," and "to accomplish greatness, live life like a criminal") are exemplified utterly by Moondog's uncompromising, yet typically harmless, hedonism. He seems like the flip-side of the Spring Breakers leads, having washed up on the wrong side of a lot of hard living, without it having dulled his spirit even slightly.
Rated 05 Apr 2019
ocelotOcelot
Rated 05 Apr 2019
80
89th
"you know what I like the most about being rich?" the drifter as a grifter. more than anything, this reminded me of Homer's Enemy. Moondog is Homer, and everyone outside of his orbit is Frank Grimes. the mythos of the "free spirit" is pulled back, and though there is some level of admiration for the Good Time Ethos, this movie isn't subtle about what kind of person the title character is, and that he isn't punished for it might alienate a lot of people. it is also very, very funny.
Rated 05 Apr 2019
darrenDarren
Rated 30 Mar 2019
93
95th
Jesus already died for our sins
Rated 30 Mar 2019
seethruskinSeethruskin
Rated 30 Mar 2019
6
95th
It probably has less to say (ugh) than something like Gummo or Spring Breakers. There's less in your face poetic moments than like Mister Lonely but there's some top quality, very Korine esque moments in this (destroying his house, the whole wedding scene, the scene where moondog skateboards with the homeless people, Zac Efron!!!!, etc) Loved all the scenes set to the Cure. Also, The fireworks scenes at the wedding was definitely giving me nu-malick vibes for sure. Exceeded my expectations
Rated 30 Mar 2019
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 01 Mar 2020
60
34th
Lush colourful boredom.
Rated 01 Mar 2020
actionbergActionberg
Rated 10 Mar 2019
90
92nd
Beautiful, sugary concentrated chaos. Comedies don't usually get the benefit of the iconic, poetic imagery that permeates this film, nor do such images often appear so hilarious. In a film where every supporting character vibrantly competes to top one another, Martin Lawrence steals the show. In terms of legacy, once the recency bias wears away, I feel fairly confident this will remain the best stoner comedy ever.
Rated 10 Mar 2019
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 25 Feb 2021
70
72nd
Basically Spring Breakers going full rogue and poetic and chemical, with absolutely no sense of plot to the point this is almost a low-fantasy satire of itself: self-destructive, hilarious, rampage. The cast is just pure heavenly mayhem. Now I need to rewatch this drunk or stoned, whatever.
Rated 25 Feb 2021
kenmeistersKenMeisters
Rated 12 Dec 2019
79
82nd
A love song to the postmodern art of slacking very hard. Characters of varying levels of absurdity do their best to achieve a whole bunch of nothing. Somewhere in there is a deeper meaning about enjoying life to the fullest. Also, if your joints aren't as big as the joints in this movie, stop smoking immediatly, you poser.
Rated 12 Dec 2019
therealj_roTheRealJ-Ro
Rated 16 Nov 2019
70
42nd
One thing you can always say about Korine, he's gonna establish tone and stick to it. I did enjoy most of the performances; obviously McConaughey is the standout. There's a psychological dissatisfaction with the mere fleeting moments of consequence in the movie held up against all of Moondog's negative actions, but I mean at the end of the day, it's a stoner fantasy, and it works better for me personally to believe that everything beyond a certain point is either hallucination or a coma dream.
Rated 16 Nov 2019
pianosamaPianoSama
Rated 12 Aug 2019
65
45th
Does it make any sense? Not really. Should it work? With its narrative inconsistencies, one-note characters, and protagonist who never learns his lesson and never grows at all, no. No it should not. & in some ways, it doesn't work. But in others, it somehow does. Not nearly as awful as you might expect, it features solid performances by a very talented (& star-studded) cast, some enjoyable moments, and a few genuine laughs. It's just out-there enough to be worth a watch, but it's no classic.
Rated 12 Aug 2019
wwallce4prezWWallce4prez
Rated 12 Aug 2019
80
73rd
Harmony Korine has slowly crept his way into becoming a pretty stellar filmmaker. The pieces were all there before, but they were so dirty it was often hard to decipher. Let's be clear, Moondog is also dirty, but Korine's brightly colored photography distracts from it. This is aggressively 2019.
Rated 12 Aug 2019
feublofeublo
Rated 25 Jul 2019
85
74th
Should be a routine to watch this weekly, specifically at the end of the week.
Rated 25 Jul 2019
deaddillydeaddilly
Rated 08 Jul 2019
90
94th
Harmony's 8½
Rated 08 Jul 2019
yiannosYiannos
Rated 18 Jun 2019
60
48th
Arguably both a continuation and a refutation of Spring Breakers. Korine focuses on an aging slacker rather than young college kids, but there is no obvious critical dimension, as if he is rebelling against the interpretations of Spring Breakers that positioned it as social critique. This appears to valorise the life of its slacker character, played well by McConaughey. The possibility that it might be a commentary on the freedom that charm and wealth affords cannot be ruled out entirely though.
Rated 18 Jun 2019
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 05 Apr 2019
80
91st
Harmony Korine re-demonstrates his capacity to go all-out with a fantasy, this time with a more well-defined main character. And it's an incredibly colorful (and at the same time - dark) character, splendidly realized by McConaughey. It's also quite funny, probably Korine's funniest movie.
Rated 05 Apr 2019
janusjanus
Rated 24 Jan 2022
80
77th
Joyful, surprising, looks great. Korine/Debie/Crise have done it again.
Rated 24 Jan 2022
neonmanNeonman
Rated 31 Aug 2020
97
99th
An absolute joy of a film, which is certainly the kind of mood it should be putting viewers in -- not that it isn't also expressing its critiques of this kind of Americana late-stage capitalist hedonism, expressed in different ways through this colourful cast of characters. Masterful and expensive-looking imagery in each of this film's crevices cement this theme, but the emotionally driven soundtrack and editing bring you right next to these characters nonetheless. Woof woof!
Rated 31 Aug 2020
djrossdjross
Rated 15 Jul 2020
55
53rd
Although amusing in parts, some of the performances don't quite work, including perhaps McConaughey's. Exuberant in its refusal of contemporary conformism, this viewer still nevertheless prefers the perhaps less challenging but more affectionate portrayal of Jeff Bridges's Jeffrey Lebowski (or William Powell's Godfrey, for that matter), with whom Moondog might reasonably be compared, but perhaps that just indicates a limit to my taste for fantasy. Still, it does succeed in conjuring a feeling.
Rated 15 Jul 2020
torberntorbern
Rated 03 Feb 2020
70
36th
It's either a joyous and completely batshit ode to nihilism, or a pointed classist critique. Or maybe it's somehow both? At any rate, it's a delight to experience Korine's brand of high-budget cinematic jazz once again.
Rated 03 Feb 2020
groovysoulsGroovy_Souls
Rated 05 Jan 2020
55
35th
This movie.... perplexed me. It's hard not not to dig its subdued and silly charm, while also being easily pulled in to it's off-the-wall and out-of-your-mind story. Whether it's any good is a whole other question. Personally, I enjoyed what I saw, but that might be able to be all I can say. None of us are going to remember The Beach Bum in 3 years, especially not Matthew Mconaughey.
Rated 05 Jan 2020
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 05 Jan 2020
8
98th
four deaths in nearly thirteen straight years of criticker reviewing. it's a terrific record. now, i've been stripped of my account privileges on five separate occasions, but each time i get it reinstated due to a technicality i never quite understood.
Rated 05 Jan 2020
aaautinAAAutin
Rated 19 Dec 2019
46
38th
(THE BUM DIARY)
Rated 19 Dec 2019
staryarabbistaryarabbi
Rated 18 Nov 2019
55
32nd
I am very confused about this. On the one hand I like its style, its search for freedom and pleasure in a nihilistic world. But on the other hand, I don't like this being contingent on being rich and sort of immoral, ending up as nihilist again at the end. As some have noted, I want my old Korine back.
Rated 18 Nov 2019
p_u_l_pP u l p
Rated 21 Aug 2019
75
82nd
"You know, it doesn't matter what you said, it just sounds so good when you fucking say it."
Rated 21 Aug 2019
twincinematwincinema
Rated 17 Aug 2019
45
22nd
I am not sure if McConaughey was acting.
Rated 17 Aug 2019
obdurateObdurate
Rated 29 Mar 2019
95
97th
Korine didn't let up here. It is one thing to make a stoner comedy, it is another to completely lean into it as hard as he did here. Whether it's the acting (McConaughey is brilliant but everyone is a joy), the dialogue, the music or the way it looks, it's awesome. Korine again perfectly realized his vision of something with breezy, intoxicating kinetic energy. This has some great laughs, even has some heart, but ultimately it is what Moondog wanted from life: a hell of a lot of fun.
Rated 29 Mar 2019
brrrpbrrrp
Rated 19 Feb 2024
65
51st
Kind of like a feature length MTV styled fever-montage; there's no straight exposition, it comes across as bits and pieces in an expert arrangement. Which further sounds to me like Neon Demon, if it was a stoner comedy. I'm not satisfied that Korine has pushed any further from Spring Breakers, and this feels like another - fluffier and less inconoclastic - movie from the same world.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
panzerwolfpanzerwolf
Rated 17 May 2022
60
35th
That was one weird movie. It was funny, though, with plenty of moments that made me laugh. The cast was great and fit their roles perfectly, so that even if I could not entirely get into the plot (or the lack of thereof), it was still enjoyable. My favorite thing about it were the colors, though. The way the neons shine against the darkness and the sunsets paint the sky and the sea, or the party lights glow against the waves in the swimming pool, it was very captivating and beautiful to watch.
Rated 17 May 2022
vgnpwrzvgnpwrz
Rated 16 Feb 2022
7
0th
The most annoying actors came together to make the most annoying movie… F
Rated 16 Feb 2022
jeffvjeff_v
Rated 31 Jan 2022
57
15th
I'm old enough to remember when Harmony Korine movies weren't just bad, they also looked like shit. So this is an improvement.
Rated 31 Jan 2022
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 06 Jan 2022
52
12th
Tolerance for the “stoner movie” genre will likely dictate your response to this intermittently interesting, *very* shaggy portrait of McConaughey’s eccentric; there’s no real form or plotting momentum here, just a loosely connected string of vignettes; eventually, the lack of point or purpose becomes wearying, though some sequences stand-out – “Is that all there is?” and the Lawrence cameo are the highlights. Korine always has a nice feel for his milieu, but it’s all more or less for naught.
Rated 06 Jan 2022
chengmingchengming
Rated 20 Jan 2021
40
11th
Drugs, tits and yachts with no discernible plot - this is a 90-minute hip-hop music video.
Rated 20 Jan 2021
ignacioIgnacio
Rated 18 Jul 2020
66
44th
bit boring
Rated 18 Jul 2020
thatyoungmthatyoungm
Rated 16 May 2020
80
14th
I always find Harmony Korine's films kind of polarizing. Beach Bum is a fun throwback to the stoner film genre, but beneath the surface, there isn't that much going on. Still, the film paints an other-worldly setting where the riff raff of the Florida Keys blend seamlessly with the uber-wealthy, and Matthew McConnaughey is fantastic. In fact, there's a number of big actors that are nearly unrecognizable in this - from Jonah Hill to Zac Efron.
Rated 16 May 2020
carlosproCarlospro
Rated 27 Apr 2020
75
64th
boas cenas, um pouco cansativo e perde muito na comparação com o spring breakers
Rated 27 Apr 2020
zwykzwyk
Rated 19 Apr 2020
50
18th
The story attempts to show a character's supposed depth, create fun moments, create empathy specially towards the main character; despite McConaughey's good work all of this elements are poorly executed and none of this really materializes on screen due to a poor screenplay and direction. It could've been a decent movie, but it ends up being a poorly executed project. Ideas only (a concept behind the character and what he intends to mean) don't necessarily make a good movie.
Rated 19 Apr 2020
quintonjaminQuintonjamin
Rated 14 Mar 2020
30
14th
I was actually fascinated by this weird movie. The acting isn't bad, but the story and the situations the characters were in just weren't funny. I think this is a love it or hate it kind of movie and I haven't liked many stoner movies.
Rated 14 Mar 2020
matthagenmatthagen
Rated 09 Mar 2020
2
0th
It's unique, I will give it that. But it is baaaaad on every level. Apparently some people actually enjoyed sitting through this pointless, confused, entitled, masturbatory hogwash.
Rated 09 Mar 2020
nothingsgoodNothingsGood
Rated 21 Feb 2020
20
10th
Jonah Hill is the worst.
Rated 21 Feb 2020
jpotiijpotII
Rated 11 Jan 2020
27
19th
Gêmeos
Rated 11 Jan 2020
sellissellis
Rated 21 Dec 2019
85
75th
I tried to explain the chain-of-events in this film to my girlfriend and it sounded even more ridiculous out loud. The most fun I've had watching a movie this year. It intentionally negates any possibility of tension early on despite a seemingly tragic catalyst and it becomes pure ego-fantasy. And it's beautiful. "The world is conspiring to make me happy." This film is conspiring to make me happy.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
psimpsim
Rated 20 Dec 2019
85
92nd
No other movie has made me laugh quite as much this year as following Matthew McConaughey on this seemingly half-improvised bender. Halfway through it briefly threatens to become a more conventional film, only to instantly reject the very idea and double down on its own insanity.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
kasperlKasperL
Rated 09 Dec 2019
10
1st
I did not like a single thing about this one. No redeeming elements whatsoever, I'm afraid.
Rated 09 Dec 2019
edwardedward
Rated 15 Nov 2019
100
99th
Most artists are dishonest, which is antithetical. Korine isn't. His ideological filmmaking and storytelling techniques are inquisitive, sincere, hopeful, optimistic, and fun (why be anything else?). He takes what he has, the good and ugly, and finds the beauty and humor in it all. Filmmaking at its best. Moondog is one of the most honest characters in film history (up there with Harold Lloyd's 'The Boy') and his cinematic elegy couldn’t be more fun. I watch this regularly to keep me grounded.
Rated 15 Nov 2019
goldblumingGoldbluming
Rated 15 Sep 2019
52
9th
ugh
Rated 15 Sep 2019
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 14 Sep 2019
74
50th
Goofy.
Rated 14 Sep 2019
icarusIcarus
Rated 01 Aug 2019
60
26th
Two questions: 1) Would a documentary about McConaughey's life look much different from this? 2) Isn't this Korine's exploration of his own artistic process and ethos a la Fellini's 8 1/2? I watched his appearances on Letterman again after I finished this--so much about Moondog seems manifest in Korine's (public) persona.
Rated 01 Aug 2019
dmcrimsonDMCrimson
Rated 31 Jul 2019
79
52nd
"This shit only grows in an isolated pond in Jamaica"
Rated 31 Jul 2019
damildamil
Rated 30 Jul 2019
60
43rd
This was more or less what I expected from Korine. It fits in well with his other films, and especially Spring Breakers. I had a fairly good time with it. I didn't expect too much from it, and that's what I got. I though it was well shot, and it was funny, and the performances from McConaughey, Efron and Lawrence were all great. So, yeah, even though it felt familiar being from Korine, it still felt fresh and unlike most films out there, especially ones starring big Hollywood actors.
Rated 30 Jul 2019
christofchristof
Rated 29 Jun 2019
88
89th
Transcendent nihilism that evolves into profound and rich allegory, plus Snoop Dog.
Rated 29 Jun 2019
capodelnullacapodelnulla
Rated 20 Jun 2019
60
39th
mcconaughey harika.
Rated 20 Jun 2019
kebapcheKebapche
Rated 12 Jun 2019
50
10th
Great cinematography and style, the same like "Spring Breakers" (which I loved), but still a pointless and ridicilous movie. You haven't lived if you haven't had a 'Moondog' friend at least for a while, but c'mon hedonism is overrated, selfish and stupid ! ... unless you are talented hack like Moondog
Rated 12 Jun 2019
bizortbizort
Rated 11 Jun 2019
85
89th
A gorgeous movie about the burnout guy you see in every coastal bar in Florida but portrayed as a mad genius... and it works. Matthew McConaughey absolutely nails it as this creature and should garner Best Actor consideration for it, but won't. The story is unpredictable but not manic. The side characters are not very well acted, and you kind of don't care much about them as a result and that's a bit of a downer. The whole thing feels like a dream, much like Spring Breakers.
Rated 11 Jun 2019
comepeliculacomepelicula
Rated 10 Jun 2019
30
12th
Style over substance
Rated 10 Jun 2019
hulothulot
Rated 03 May 2019
80
82nd
watched: 2019, 2021
Rated 03 May 2019
peyrinpeyrin
Rated 28 Apr 2019
95
99th
The best part of being rich is you can be horrible to people and they just have to take it
Rated 28 Apr 2019
lethiaslethias
Rated 27 Apr 2019
90
89th
Stoner comedy? Hedonistic, nihilistic art movie with fun elements in it? Not sure, but even though it lacks identity and that it sometimes looks half of the movie was improvised, movie has quite some charm. Story is poor, but it has great characters and madhouse-like scenes. Very likable, especially if you appreciate eccentric, off the planet people and their 'another dimension' acts. This is what you get when you put a Beatnik in a 2019 Hollywood movie. High rating because theme talks to my h
Rated 27 Apr 2019
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 22 Apr 2019
6
35th
The best Asylum movie ever made.
Rated 22 Apr 2019
chadisdangerchadisdanger
Rated 29 Mar 2019
80
62nd
This continues many of the same things Korine played with in Spring Breakers: a genuine love and nostalgia for trashy hedonism, the Malick-esque intuitive editing and of course the gorgeously shot weed-filtered shimmer of Florida dusk. There's not quite as much to dig into here (this is more or less just a stoner comedy) but I'm just so happy that Korine's been able to carve out his niche and populate it with genuine movie stars willing to follow his bizarre muse to the ends of the earth.
Rated 29 Mar 2019

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