
Amber is 40, beautiful, rich, spoiled, and arrogant beyond measure. Nothing makes this woman happy, including her wealthy but passive husband Tony, a pharmaceutical kingpin. When he takes her on a private cruise from Greece to Italy, she is unimpressed at this impromptu no-frills vacation, and takes out her anger on the ship's first mate, Giuseppe. When a storm leaves the two shipwrecked on a deserted island, however, the tables suddenly turn.... (Full plot summary below)
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Amber is 40, beautiful, rich, spoiled, and arrogant beyond measure. Nothing makes this woman happy, including her wealthy but passive husband Tony, a pharmaceutical kingpin. When he takes her on a private cruise from Greece to Italy, she is unimpressed at this impromptu no-frills vacation, and takes out her anger on the ship's first mate, Giuseppe. When a storm leaves the two shipwrecked on a deserted island, however, the tables suddenly turn.
Leave your thoughts about Swept Away.
| MovieholeClint MorrisDeserving of its critical backlash and more. |
| Journal News (Westchester, NY)Marshall FineIt feels like a community theater production of a great Broadway play: Even at its best, it will never hold a candle to the original. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRitchie made a movie that never pretends to be more than a guilty pleasure of soft-core kitsch, and Madonna and Giannini (son of Giancarlo, costar of the original) achieve a lively S&M chemistry. |
| Good Morning AmericaJoel SiegelJust when you think you can root for the deckhand, he becomes mean and abusive. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisAt its best, Swept Away is like a scrapbook of postcards starring two lovebirds with great tans. |
| Film Freak CentralBill ChambersRitchie may not have a novel thought in his head, but he knows how to pose Madonna. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanA mediocre melodrama, lugubrious in tone, but there are good things about it. More than expected. Not enough to recommend it. |
| Ebert & RoeperRichard RoeperTwo of the least likable characters I've seen in a romance in a long time. |
| PopcornQBrandon JudellMadonna has made herself over so often now, there's apparently nothing left to work with, sort of like Michael Jackson's nose. |
| Filmcritic.comNorm SchragerIt should be supercharged with fury, heat, and disturbing passion. Madonna lacks those things here, as does much of the film's second half. |