Synopsis
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.
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Cast
- MadonnaAmber Leighton
- Adriano GianniniGiuseppe 'Guido' Esposito
- Bruce GreenwoodAnthony 'Tony' Leighton
- Jeanne TripplehornMarina
- Elizabeth BanksDebi
- Michael BeattieTodd
- David ThorntonMichael
- Yorgo VoyagisCaptain
- Ricardo PernaCrew Member
- George AntoniChef
Recommendations
- 40
Variety
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. - 38
Chicago Tribune
One hopes that this is Hollywood's last go-round with Swept Away. Watching this fiasco, I kept having nightmares about a possible cartoon version, co-starring Cruella de Vil and Shrek. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Madonna may be better in this film than she's been in some of her recent endeavors, especially when she stops screeching her lines, but she's done herself no favors with her choice of material. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
No less laughable is the ending, where Ritchie neatly reflects today's prevailing attitude -- that audiences can't be trusted to handle a hint of ambiguity, but can live happily with flat-out stupidity. - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
A deserted island movie during which I desperately wished the characters had chosen one movie to take along if they were stranded on a deserted island, and were showing it to us instead of this one. - 20
Village Voice
Merely an indulgent vehicle for Mrs. Ritchie -- and Madonna is so spectacularly convincing as a hateful, self-absorbed, nouveau riche ogress that her character's third-act transformation is as preposterous as her overmuscled physique. - 20
Washington Post
At no point should anyone mistake this for an actual movie. This is an extended beach video that will leave no one swept away. - 20
The New York Times
There is no credible feeling here, no comedy, no eroticism.
