- Studio: Screen Gems
- Release Date: Oct 11, 2002
- 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)
- Director: Guy Ritchie
- Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 27
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Mixed: 4 out of 27
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Negative: 21 out of 27
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67Ritchie 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.
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42Madonna 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.
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38The fact that Swept Away got made at all implies there simply is no dissuading Madonna from her movie-star aspirations. Her tenacity is admirable, but it's also block-headed.
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38One 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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 25
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Mixed: 0 out of 25
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Negative: 10 out of 25
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