Swept Away
Screen Gems | Release Date: October 11, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
21
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
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. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis Harvey
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. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Schizoid romantic comedy -- The first half of the movie is full of broad but capable comedy, but the original film's sexual and class politics are clumsily handled, and the mood turns serious with all the subtlety of a falling guillotine blade. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The effectiveness of this kind of issue-driven give and take relies heavily on casting, and Ritchie puts himself at a disadvantage: Madonna looks terrific in a bikini but she can't act, and the younger Giannini is stunt casting. Read full review
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