Swept Away
User Score
5.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 39
  3. Negative: 16 out of 39

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  1. MatsL.
    Apr 1, 2003
    0
    Madonna...please stop acting.
  2. StaceyG.
    Oct 4, 2003
    2
    This was a blah movie hat never stopped being BLAH! it could have gotten a six frm me but it seems no one who worked on the film tried hard enough to make it decent... he lack of fun and determanation just made swept away even more BLAH! very bad but not awful... just BLAH!
  3. ChuckW.
    Mar 5, 2006
    0
    The original was a decent enough film, but this one is a pale copy. Don't waste your time with this drivel.
  4. DeniseQ.
    Apr 1, 2004
    1
    Ugh...just ugh!
  5. SarahL.
    Dec 29, 2002
    0
    ...And here's Madonna... The chick should just give up, and she knows it. Good singer, yes, but the worst actress you could ask for.
  6. BobH.
    Mar 12, 2003
    1
    I actually kind of enjoyed watching Madonna make a fool of herself. Nevertheless, this is still a boring, sexist piece of tripe.
  7. DianeW.
    Dec 26, 2004
    1
    Just awful, slow, painful,acting awful, plot awful, Madonna awful, a wste of your life.
  8. smijatov
    Jan 8, 2011
    0
    When one thought Madonna finally got critical acclaim with 'Evita' she does this. Gosh. It is one of the worst films I have ever had the displeasure to watch. Madonna's acting was just unbelievably bad, as well as Giannini's was (if not worse, even). The predictable storyline is not just predictable, but it is almost insulting to one's intelligence. Horrible story, horrible acting, dialogue that could be better used on a piece of toilet paper: that is what Swept Away is. Definitely deserved all 5 Razzie Awards it won... as well as the two it failed winning.… Expand
  9. itz_giological
    May 23, 2011
    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.
  10. kowalski
    Aug 27, 2011
    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.

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Metascore
18 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 21 out of 27
  1. 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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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    40
    A simple misfire rather than a world-class fiasco. This misguided attempt to remake Lina Wertmuller's corrosive 1974 satire as a wistful romance is only unintentionally funny in the last reel.
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  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    10
    Isn't dubbed. But it sure feels like it. The characters open their mouths and their lips don't seem to be shaping the right words -- you can't believe any human beings would ever utter such ludicrous dialogue, with so little conviction.
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