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Summary: 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.
If this were not a remake, it would maybe get a higher score. Alas, it is, and it gets a "Stay Away" score. Not that the the original was a masterpiece, just really good, but it had better actors, a better director, better photography, and an original concept. Do you really have to endure madonna just to spare yourself a few subtitles?
Yes, this movie really is as bad as they it is. Swept Away earns the first spot on my Desert Island list of films I'd least want to take with me. The capital offenders are Guy Ritchie (whose adapted screenplay is vapid) and Madonna (whose acting is atrocious). Stay away from this movie! It's not even so-bad-it's-funny. It's so bad it's bewildering.
I am really surprised that this movie is so badly rated. I mean it's not a masterpiece or anything special, but there is really nothing wrong with it, just another OK movie. From now on I'll always decide my grade before seeing others, because it makes an influence.
The modern day Medusa whines her way through what has to be the worst film of all time. I literally wanted to reach into the screen and strangle her after about 20 minutes. Everything that was wonderful about Lena Wertmueller's original film is absent from this abortion of a film. Avoid this film at all costs, it should come with the Surgeon Generals warning.
I don't think I can do justice to the rage I felt while watching this punishingly shit film. I just cannot convey, in words, how much I hated it. Madonna is just the worst actor, she was trying to deliver the words as if she was in a period drama or a Shakespear play but they were written by someone who has only read trashy romance novels. I will now pad out the rest of this review: shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shi
"When cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy Giannini, Madonna gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game." - Ed Gonzalez