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Avg. Critic Score: 18 out of 100 Overwhelming dislike Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
17 not for kids
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Ritchie 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. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    At its best, Swept Away is like a scrapbook of postcards starring two lovebirds with great tans. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Dennis Harvey

    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. Read full review

  • 30
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    For starters, it blows. Madonna continues to mistake a knack for striking poses with the interpretive skill of a real actor. Read full review

  • 30
    Los Angeles Times | Manohla Dargis

    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. Read full review

  • 25
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    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. Read full review

  • 20
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    At no point should anyone mistake this for an actual movie. This is an extended beach video that will leave no one swept away. Read full review

  • 20
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    There is no credible feeling here, no comedy, no eroticism. Read full review

  • 10
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    The film turns out to have nothing going for it at all, except a small charge for soul-deep Madonna haters. Read full review

  • 0
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Even camp status eludes this tepid and misguided picture. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says not for kids What a waste of potential.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie contains strong language, some violence, and a near-rape. Amber's verbal domination of Giuseppe on the boat is disturbing, but his physical domination of her on the island is completely unsuitable for younger children (and many adults).
  • Families can talk about the power politics in relationships. How is the power dynamic of domination and submission affected by situations beyond the characters' control? How does money influence the actions of the different characters?
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Characters in peril, abuse, near-rape.
  • sex false3 Sex: Sexual references and situations, sex as power.
  • language false4 Language: Very strong language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking, smoking, drug references.
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