A compelling Spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession.
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08/30/02
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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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Reviews for Mad Love
The film benefits from a phenomenal central performance by Lopez de Ayala.
08/29/02
An 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 CriticMore successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex, dramatically satisfying heroine
08/29/02
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
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
Adroit 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
Top CriticMartyr gets royally screwed and comes back for more.
08/22/02
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
Senoras y senores: yo tambien me he vuelto loco de amor.
01/17/02
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