Swept Away | | Cast : | Bruce Greenwood, Madonna, Adriano Giannini | | Director : | Guy Ritchie | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar Hom | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | October 11, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | March 01, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 24, 2005 | | Summary | Should never have been made | Content
 | I don't normally write reviews on movies that I don't like, I usually just forget and move on, but this movie really blows. Madonna has never really done it for me; neither singing nor acting but I thought I'd give it a whirl. Well the message here is blatant. Any woman can be forced into submission when you slap her, kick her and attempt to rape her. Personally I didn't give a damn about Amber, but I'm talking in general. I just hope men don't see this and think hell yeah! That's how I can get what I want. That might sound a little far fetched but acts of domestic violence against women occur every 3 seconds in the UK alone. That's in the western world. In the Middle East woman are still treated like objects, their only purpose is to serve men. This movies message is insane. Amber falls in love with this man who treats her this way! Only in a movie guys! Real woman aren't secretly thinking oh yeah id love to get beaten into submission and sexually forced. I heard some woman fantasize about rape, but believe me its very different from the real thing. That's why it's called a fantasy. Just like most men fantasize about raping woman, it doesn't make them rapists unless they actually commit the act. I'm sorry, I don't mean to waffle on about this, but I've had my own taste of domestic violence and this movie isn't doing woman any favours. This movie has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I have no idea as why it's meant to be a comedy. Thanks for reading. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 08, 2005 | | Summary | Not as bad as I expected.. | Content
| Madonna is married to this really rich guy. Madonna, her husband and two other couples go on a cruise to an island. There are two cooks, a servant and a captain on their cruise boat (it's a private cruise). Madonna starts of as being extremely snobby, self-centered and rude. The servant (Mr. Esposito) takes her rudeness personally. Madonna has one of her tantrums and insists on seeing something despite the protests of the workers on the boat that there might be a storm. So Esposito and Madonna go out to sea. They wind up on a deserted island. Do they start to like each other? Does Madonna change? Will they get together? You have to watch the movie to find out.
This movie is a satire of capitalism. It tries to get the viewer to see what it feels like to "be a slave", or to be poor. I liked some of the insighful dialogue. Madonna's acting gets a 6/10 from me. Sometimes she gives full emotion and sometimes she lacks. I would have given this movie a solid 3-4 stars because it is funny and watchable. However, I hated it when Esposito slapped and kicked Madonna. And I hated the attempted rape scene. That's why this movie gets two stars. If you can stomach those two things, this is a funny movie - worth watching. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 07, 2005 | | Summary | entertaining | Content
| I loved the Italian original so much that I wanted to check this one out. You have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy this movie (i.e. in a forgiving mood, ready to enjoy some entertainment).
Swept Away is by no means cinamatic genius, but it really is amusing. Madonna is DEAD ON in her portrayal of the elitist and demanding wealthy American woman....so dead on that you wonder how much of it is acting and how much it is chanelling the Madonna of the 1990s. She did a great job. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 01, 2005 | | Summary | Madonna's Acting Career "Swept Away" | Content
| Warning: Don't watch this movie while you're eating. Just the sight of Madonna's wrinkled face and mannish pecs(veins and all), will be vomit inducing. This is an hysterical bomb with horrendeous, self-conscious acting(?) by that Golden Raspberry award Champ Madonna. Just curious though why Cyndi Lauper's real life husband David Thornton was in this? He's a gifted actor who usually has some great roles in Nick Cassavetes' films. Well I guess You live and learn. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 01, 2005 | | Summary | Not At All Bad! | Content
| Critics were bashing this movie before it was even released, causing it not to be released at all really in the United States, just because it stars Madonna and was directed by her husband Guy Ritchie. The only thing bad about this movie is the ending, which has nothing to do with the acting, rather the plot. It's worth watching alone just to see Madonna looking so drop-dead gorgeous, as always, in a bikini almost the whole movie. |
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