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10/05/02
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Mad Love (2001)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:23
Rotten:26
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: An overwrought bodice-ripper, Mad Love is more silly than dramatic.
Theatrical Release:Aug 30, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Laredo, 22nd August, 1496. A fleet sets sail for Flanders. Its mission, to carry Princess Joan to the court at Brussels where she is to be wed to the monarch later to be known as Philip the... [More]
Starring: Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Manuela Arcuri, Eloy Azorin
Director: Vicente Aranda
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01/20/03
For all the high-court histrionics, this royally flushes.
08/30/02
More successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex, dramatically satisfying heroine
08/29/02
The modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals. It's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after.
10/04/02
There's no point of view, no contemporary interpretation of Joan's prefeminist plight, so we're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity.
10/11/02
De Ayala is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is, overall, far too staid for its subject matter.
08/29/02
Yes, one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong, determined monarch, but her love for the philandering Philip only diminishes her stature.
08/17/02
A long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been.
09/03/02
A big, plush, overripe tale of misguided passion, a richly illustrated but grossly simplified and romanticized history lesson that plays like a period soap opera.
08/29/02
There's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention, but it grows monotonous after a while, as do Joan and Philip's repetitive arguments, schemes and treachery.
10/03/02
Top CriticLess a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession.
10/17/02
Lush and beautifully photographed (somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book), but ultimately you'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered.
10/24/02
Aranda's screenplay and direction are rather shallow, so that this bodice-ripper feels more like a Lifetime made-for-cable movie than an epic, tragic romance.
01/03/03
It's not too fast and not too slow. It's not too racy and it's not too offensive. It's not too much of anything.
09/17/02
focuses on Joan's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her “madness” so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $9.50 on this 21st century torture device.
09/09/02
Who needs love like this?
10/08/02
Ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes, eye-filling, wide-screen production design and Joan's wacky decision to stand by her man, no matter how many times he demonstrates that he's a disloyal satyr.
09/06/02
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