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List Price: $9.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 23870
Released: February 11, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Madonna gives her most believable performance as Amber, a rich woman on a sea cruise who expects the world to obey her every whim. She and a high-spirited crew member (Adriano Giannini) are marooned on a small deserted island; the feud that sprang up between the two on the ship becomes an all-out war, then transforms into lustful desire as Amber finds that losing status opens up a new side to herself. Some people will want to see Swept Away for the simple pleasure of seeing Madonna be slapped; more demanding filmgoers will, sadly, be left wanting. Though the movie purports to be a satirical examination of capitalism (as was the original 1974 version), its vague discussion of money and power adds up to very little. The love story is surprisingly sincere, making Swept Away a standard romantic potboiler with gorgeous tropical backdrops. --Bret Fetzer
Swept Away Reviews:
swept away 
2008-05-07 - this is the best romantic movie i ever seen who ever thinks its terrible is a dumbass...and they dont really understand the movie...this is the type of thing that happens in reality and the last seen is the most beautiful when he throws the ring and it falls into the water...just the way two people needes each other when they were on the island and it wasnt because of the food but just they were lonely...
Don't let The madonna defenders fool you! 
2008-01-16 - Wow, 30 plus Madonna fans all showed up and lied to themselves by giving this five underachieved stars. this deserves zero!Atrocious acting and ponderous direction. It does absolutely no justice to the original by Lina Wertmuller but then that film is a one of a kind gem of 70's foreign art house film.. Guy Ritchie should never have cast Madonna and as untalented as she is, here it's painful and pitiful. She looks an exercise junkie and very haggard. Why no oner told her to bow out is beyond me. My friend,Madonna fan, bought this and we could not believe how long it was! Sophia Loren a long time associate of Lina's , called this 'the worst film I have ever seen.'
good movie 
2007-09-24 - don't listen to the critics....watch the movie yourself and formulate your own view...you might be surprised
Poor Madonna!
2007-08-07 - I had seen the original film and now just viewed this remake and I asked myself, why the horrible reviews? Just because Madonna was in it? Looking back, the movie was torn to pieces even before it was shown in theaters!!
Actually I think that Madonna was quite good, probably her best role, she was much more natural than Mariangela Melato, and Adriano Giannini was as good as his father Giancarlo, and definetely much nicer to look at.
I took away one star because the unfortunate music video sequence, it was not necessary, and all it did was to remind the critics that it was "A Madonna Movie", a big mistake!
Do give this movie a chance, you may be as pleasently surprised as I was.
Swept Away...and should stay there. Yes, it is THAT bad
2007-08-04 - "Swept Away" - was written and directed by Guy Ritchie, starred Madonna and Adriano Gianini and based on "Swept Away...by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August" (1974), directed by Lina Wertmuller with Giancarlo Giannini playing the same role as his son 28 years later. This is a story of class and sexual struggle between a man and woman stranded on a desert island. Madonna plays Amber Leighton, the arrogant wife of a rich American pharmaceutical mogul (Bruce Greenwood) who travels on a private yacht from Greece to Italy with friends. Her constant bitching annoys a first-mate Giuseppe Esposito... (Andriano Giannini)
I cannot believe that the same Guy who is behind stylish, energetic, funny, and full of wonderful tunes and interesting characters "Snatch" made it. Acting made me and my husband cringe dozens of times. I have not seen the original movie and would like to compare the two but the scenes between two main characters on the island in the Ritchie's movie were simply gross and tasteless. Giannini seemed to not having inherited any of his father's talent or charisma. The ending seemed so overtly sentimental and out of place. There were only three redeeming values. First, the beginning was kind of funny with Madonna playing the arrogant uber-bitch very convincingly. Second, deserted island and beach somewhere in Mediterranean sparkle. Third, and most important, the whole thing was only 89 minutes long.
1.5/5
