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Swept Away | Year: 2002 Classification: Drama Actors/Actresses: - Adriano Giannini - Bruce Greenwood - Madonna All we are saying....is give Madonna a chance!!!! I have to agree with other reviews of this film and join the chorus of "It's not the worst movie I have ever seen." It's also not a bad performance by Madonna. I think unfortunately this movie was swirled with controversy (remaking a CLASSIC foreign film with politicial and feminist messges, lawsuits from another star who said HE wanted to remake the film with Madonna first, and Guy Ritchie directing his wife, and of course, Madonna's acting ability) before it was even made. When it came out, people were just downright MEAN. I would have loved to have seen it on the big screen, but it never opened here due to the bad press. When you think about all the clunkers that many popular actors or actresses make, why does everyone act like it's the end of the world when Madonna makes less that a 5 star film. Isn't she entitled to some fun as an actress? Does it all have to be EVITA? I, for one, loved her performance in WHO'S THAT GIRL? I think it's a funny film and a good time. I think SWEPT AWAY is a hoot. It's not brain surgery, but it's not meant to be. I agree that Madonna is over the top in the beginning, but during the subtle scenes later in the film, she is very convincing and dare I say, powerful. I think the film is a must own for a Madonna fan and the MTV special with Madonna and Guy is TOO CUTE. Anyway, take time away from your finger pointing at the Material Girl and give Swept Away a watch. It won't change your life, but it wasn't made to. Bandwagoned By Many, Seen By Few OK, let me start off by saying this movie wasn't what the critics made it out to be. The movie was actually good. Although Madonna's acting, as usual, left something to be desired, you can't help but think to yourself, she played the part off though . . . .and that's exactly what she did. Firstly, I'd like to say that the script killed the movie. It wasn't a bad movie, it was just a horrible script. I cringed to so many parts of the film because I thought to myself, "I know Madonna knows this isn't going anywhere." That's why some complained, because the fact that it took so long to get into the movie, because honestly, the movie took off when Madonna and Adrianno were stranded, and the climax was the very unexpected ending. (I haven't seen the first, so it was unexpected to me.) Madonna's nonchalance acting wasn't very believeable and at times, it was quite cheesy, but this was probably her best acting preformance after Evita ofcourse. The movie was saved by the acting of Adrianno, and the chemistry that him and Madonna shared. It was good to see a movie that stepped out of the love story clich'e a little bit. The music in the movie was thoughtful and very good to listen too, especially the song that is playing while Madonna and Adrianno are sitting down with eachother to an orange sunset. My favorite song , well instrumental, has to be the instrumental that is played on several parts of the movie, and for the ending credits. (the instrumental I'm speaking of is titiled "Partied" on the soundtrack) The music montages that guy came up with were also funny, and that preformance by Madonna to a classic by Della Reese was also great. I remember months before the movie came out it was getting a media blitz for being Madonna's next movie, but then weeks before it came out the critics destroyed it, and I'm sure that's why it was a box office bomb, because too many people took the point of view of critics that were criticizing Madonna more so than her acting. I thought that was ludicrious, and it was obvious because the movie wasn't at all what they made it out to be. But now in all honesty, it seems as though if a star couple gets together and makes a project, for instance, a movie, it bombs single-handedly. That's what happened to Gigli. Gigli was what the critics said, but they overblown this movie, which was at fault by from the dull script, not Madonna;s acting, although she was overshadowed by the powerful preformance of Adrianno. Madonna isn't given credit for the wide array of roles she chooses, but honestly, that's exactly what she needs to rethink. Some of the roles Madonna potrays in films can only make me wonder, "Why?" She needs to reanalyze her intuition in choosing roles. I think she is still trying to gain respect from critics for her acting. She's still trying to get her Oscar like Cher did. She was humiliated because she said to a lot of reporters on interviews that she will win the Oscar for her role in Evit It really isn't that bad... After reading all the negative reviews for this movie, I was hesitant to see it. But, I really enjoyed it. It's funny, and sad. I highly reccomend it. Buy Swept Away at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Swept Away Search with the Priority Search Engine on Swept Away This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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