Swept Away (2002)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writer:

Guy Ritchie (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A snooty socialite is stranded on a Mediterranean island with a communist sailor.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Vacation | Sailor | Stranded | Storm

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Bruce Greenwood	...	Tony
Madonna	...	Amber
Elizabeth Banks	...	Debi
Michael Beattie	...	Todd
Jeanne Tripplehorn	...	Marina
David Thornton	...	Michael
Yorgo Voyagis	...	Captain
Ricardo Perna	...	Crew Member
Adriano Giannini	...	Giuseppe
George Yiasoumi	...	Chef
Beatrice Luzzi	...	Rich Lady
Lorenzo Ciompi	...	Rich Man
Patrizio Rispo	...	Burly Captain
Francis Pardeilhan	...	Tony's Assistant
Rosa Pianeta	...	Receptionist

Also Known As:

Love, Sex, Drugs & Money (USA) (working title)
Travolti dal destino (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK | Italy

Language:

English | Greek | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:18 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:16 | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | Netherlands:6 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Alghero, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

This is Guy Ritchie's third collaboration with his ex-wife, Madonna, after her (uncredited) turn in the BMW short film, Star (2001/I), and the music video "What It Feels Like for a Girl" (2001).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Guiseppe and Amber are back from the Island and the guy with the suitcase comes to offer reward money to Guiseppe, he's wearing a blue suit. Guiseppe angrily says he doesn't want his bribe. When the man comes back into the bar with the suitcase ONE MINUTE later at the most - he's wearing entirely different clothes. He has a green suit on. Pretty fast change.

Quotes:

Amber: What have you done to me?
Guiseppe: What you needed doing to you. Don't you like it?
Amber: It's okay.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ashton Kutcher/50 Cent (#28.18)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Lovely Head

Swept away by the awfulness

This was visually a very pretty movie. The color of the ocean was so BLUE and the white sand beaches were so PRISTINE. The cinematography and tableaus created were so BREATHTAKING that the only pleasure one can derive fom this mess is an appreciation of the beaches in Sardinia. But all of that does not make up for a lack of plot or mischaracterizations of the protagonists. Madonna, who gets marooned on an island with a macho Italian steortypical guy reminded me of a petulant teenager. She related to her husband and Italain macho guy as a naughty teen would. No real depth of anything. The "funny" scenes were merely embarrassing. How could Guy Ritchie make something this bad? It doesn't make any sense after seeing Snatch and Lock, Stock. IT IS STOMACH CHURNING AWFUL people! I felt queasy with the slow motion fake-tears-chasing and the accompanying vertiginous piano: ping! ping! ping! This film was a romp on the beach with adults acting acting like thirteen year old dominant/submissives. (Madonna kissing macho's foot after she submits to him - bleh.)Most of the island scenes between these two adults were filmed like a home movie with the light shining on a worn out looking Madonna: "Look at me! See how buff and pretty I am! I can do push ups and dancie dance, and see how big my biceps are?" Oh my God. This was bad. Madonna doesn't act, she just plays herself. Just because she can cry on cue doesn't mean she is an actress.