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18 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 27 Critics What's this?

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5.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

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  • Starring: Adriano Giannini, Bruce Greenwood, Madonna
  • Summary: Guy Ritchie's contemporary adaptation of Lina Wertmuller's 1974 romantic comedy, a story of love, sex, drugs and too much money -- all set against the backdrop of a Mediterranean island paradise. (Sony)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 21 out of 27
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    Ritchie made a movie that never pretends to be more than a guilty pleasure of soft-core kitsch, and Madonna and Giannini (son of Giancarlo, costar of the original) achieve a lively S&M chemistry.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    42
    Madonna herself is not so much terrible as merely uninvolving. She's quite credible as the harpy of the first act, but she can't pull off the transition and the spark that makes a movie star instantly sympathetic.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    38
    One hopes that this is Hollywood's last go-round with Swept Away. Watching this fiasco, I kept having nightmares about a possible cartoon version, co-starring Cruella de Vil and Shrek.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 10 out of 24
  1. alonzo
    10
    Verdaderamente me entretuve viendo la película, me parece que ninguno de los actores principales hacen un perfecto papel pero sí lo hacen de manera adecuada. En todo caso la historia es entretenida. Puede observarse la belleza de la naturaleza, incluida la belleza de los actores principales. La tengo dentro de mi colección de películas. Por cierto: Viva la Reina… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. itz_giological
    2
    Everyone involved in this could've done right. But sadly, almost everything's wrong. It's a total misstep from Madonna, Guy Ritchie and even the butchered fishes.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. kowalski
    1
    As much as you have to love Madonna as a singer, she cannot act. She just cannot. Because of that, the movie is already ruined. You have to admire her for trying, but you can't admire the movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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