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As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

I'm the first to admit when Madonna is bad in a film & she has released some stinkers (Shanghai Surprise) but this is far from her worst and there have been many, more commercially and critically accomplished actresses who've turned out worse films. Swept Away was passable and has some funny and touching moments. The problem is it's Madonna and most people come to a Madonna movie with pre-conceived notions that render them incapable of being objective.

I have seen worse than this and the movie is not the worst movie of all time. Maybe the critics have got wrong, maybe the movie will get better rating than now. But this movie really isn't so bad as some of you people thinks. Madonna wasn't the greatest actress in the leading role but it wasn't the end of the world. I have given 7 points to this movie. I have watched the movie two times all ready because I think it's so good. When I watched making of Swept Away, they had fun to make this movie. It wasn't so serious as making of The Shining was even that movie is really good, too! By the way, this is my rating from this movie and I liked the movie really much.

I found this a reasonably enjoyable, engaging movie although there were definitely cringe worthy moments - particularly during the frequent scenes of verbal and physical abuse metered out by the two main characters. The acting wasn't as awful as other reviews had led me to believe - and Madonna looked like she'd lived at the gym for a year before this was filmed. Unfortunately Madonna's character was so unlikeable in the early scenes, the turnaround on the island was just too short to be truly believable. Her character also alluded to a depth that frustratingly wasn't explained further - with comments like "you don't know what I've done..." , and while you want to like the Hero - it's difficult when the abuse scenes are taken too far. For a marketed Rom/com it had a massive downer of an ending. This would have to be a big part of why it died so convincingly at the box office! The rest of the film wasn't presented in a way that encouraged deep thinking - then suddenly there was a miserable ending that was designed to do just that to get more from the film - it just didn't work! The Island scenes were lovely though.....

This is NOT a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination. It's weird, and it's definitely pretty mediocre, but its not bad and it doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as the tripe that Uwe Boll keeps putting out, just to name an example. Beware: minor spoilers ahead! When the movie started, you can immediately notice how mediocre the acting is. The Italian accents on the boat's crew are all hammy, and none of the actors really stand out because they are all pretty much below average and stereotype characters. I have to admit; seeing this movie on television for the first time I didn't even recognize Madonna as one of the leading stars, but seeing as there are so many blond damsels like her in the acting world, you will have to excuse me.So what is this movie trying to be, exactly? A comedy, a romance, a drama? Well... To tell you the truth I still have trouble classifying Swept Away. The first thirty minutes or so, its almost as if the movie is turning into a lighthearted comedy with quirky characters and their contrasting personalities and social stature's. Basically: the first half hour makes you want to hate this flick. After the predictable plot turn where our two main characters get stranded on a deserted island, you expect the movie to turn into a Cast Away knockoff. But instead, the movie takes a complete 180 turn and what you get is this strange, but awkwardly enjoyable psychological game between the two characters.In the end, both of them are horrible people and it makes the audience question who to root for, which I think is actually pretty cool and daring. There's an obvious romance going on between them, but it's not going the way you anticipate it is going to be (not going to spoil anything).The ending leaves you thinking, not on a story level, but on an emotional level which I have mixed feelings about. The ending avoids any real cliché's, which is good, but at the same time it excludes any sense of closure and I think a lot of viewers will have trouble with that.To sum up Swept Away: is it a good movie? Not really. Although in my opinion it does come close to being good at some points, but the hammy acting is keeping it down. It's definitely worth a rent if you want a surprising fresh mix of genre's. But at the same time, this mix is also the movie's biggest downfall; it tries to combine all kinds of elements of comedy, romance and drama into this weird mishmash of one story which you can't help but admire, but as a stand alone movie it doesn't exactly work in its favor.