Just when you think you can root for the deckhand, he becomes mean and abusive.

| Original Score: F | Jan 4, 2018

What a waste of potential.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 28, 2010

The Vera Hruba Ralston of her time, Madonna has persisted in making movies despite all evidence that this is one medium in which no one wants to see or hear her.

Full Review | Nov 4, 2008

Don't count on being swept away by this contrived, predictable shipwrecked romance.

| Oct 18, 2008

[An] utter piece of flotsam.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Mar 10, 2007

Both husband and wife seem to be in way over their heads.

| Mar 6, 2007

Every bit the cinematic shipwreck you'd imagine it to be.

Full Review | Mar 6, 2007

More than annoyed, or angry, I just felt sad. Sad for what is quite possibly the premature death of a once-brilliant directorial career.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 21, 2004

This waterlogged romantic comedy really does deserve to sink without trace.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 12, 2003

Alas, the only surprise was in seeing how little a top-notch director can do with a woman who simply cannot act.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Apr 5, 2003

Whenever you agree that there's more credibility in spotting a flying donkey with the hiccups rather than believing in an effective Madonna-hired acting coach, then you definitely earned the license to go with your first instinct.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 3, 2003

Ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head, but he knows how to pose Madonna.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 30, 2003

With her meager acting skills, overwrought mugging, shrill line delivery and quasi-Brit accent, Madonna makes Amber far more monstrous and comical than was obviously intended.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Dec 8, 2002

Deserving of its critical backlash and more.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 22, 2002

Rather than explore the roots of misogyny, as did the original, the new version may just encourage it.

| Nov 18, 2002

After seeing SWEPT AWAY, I feel sorry for Madonna.

Full Review | Oct 25, 2002

If there is one thing worse than a Guy Ritchie movie, it's a Guy Ritchie movie with Madonna in it.

| Oct 23, 2002

The histrionic muse still eludes Madonna and, playing a charmless witch, she is merely a charmless witch.

| Oct 22, 2002

Gone are Ritchie's style and wit. Gone is the mischievous sense of fun that pervaded his other films. Here instead are drudgery and inanity.

| Original Score: F | Oct 19, 2002

The only thing "swept away" is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 17, 2002