A sumptuously-appointed account of the life of the 16th-century Spanish royal Joan of Castile.
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01/10/03
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Mad Love (2001)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:6
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5.6/10
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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Reviews for Mad Love
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Top CriticNothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows.
01/10/03
Top CriticThere'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 CriticA bodice-ripper for intellectuals.
09/20/02
Top CriticEqual parts bodice-ripper and plodding costume drama.
09/19/02
Top CriticA sexy, peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in Renaissance Spain, and the fact that it's based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling.
09/06/02
Top CriticThe gifted and lovely Ms. López de Ayala makes Joan both an imperious queen and a passionate creature of desire.
09/06/02
Top CriticLike an Afterschool Special with costumes by Gianni Versace, Mad Love looks better than it feels.
09/06/02
Top CriticOverwrought, melodramatic bodice-ripper.
08/30/02
Top CriticAn often watchable, though goofy and lurid, blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century.
08/29/02
Top CriticIf you're in the mood for impressive castles and sumptuous costumes, torch-lit processions and decorative nudity, this is the place to turn.
08/29/02
Top CriticAdroit but finally a trifle flat, Mad Love doesn't galvanize its outrage the way, say, Jane Campion might have done, but at least it possesses some.
08/27/02
Top CriticThe trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than, as was more likely, a victim of mental illness.
08/27/02
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