History YMMV / SweptAway

* MisaimedMarketing: Probably the main reason why the film was such a massive critical and commercial failure. The advertising tried to play it up as a light-hearted romantic comedy, while completely glossing over the fact that Giuseppe spends most of the second act being downright abusive toward Amber.

* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: At the end of the film, Amber's husband Tony sabotages her relationship with Giuseppe, essentially forcing her to stay with him. Given that the first half of the film was mostly dedicated to showcasing how incredibly dysfunctional their relationship was, many viewers are inclined to question why he even wants her to stay with him at all, rather than jumping at the opportunity to end things.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The basic story of the film is actually about 90% the same as the 1974 original. The changes that really hurt the story are the removal of the political subtext, the near-rape scene in the original being turned into an ''actual'' rape scene for this one, and the original version's ending, in which the lead characters make a mutual (if reluctant) decision not to continue their relationship, being turned into far more of an outright DownerEnding where the two are clearly still in love, but Amber's husband proves a SpannerInTheWorks and dupes Giuseppe into thinking she's dumped him.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The musical ImagineSpot that abruptly occurs while Amber and Giuseppe are marooned on the island comes out of absolutely nowhere, is completely at odds with the tone that the movie's been going for, and seems to have been inserted for no other reason than the fact that Music/{{Madonna}} likely wanted a musical number.

* {{Narm}}: The rape scene is robbed of any power it might have thanks to two things. Firstly, the sequence doesn't even attempt to disguise the fact that both parties are still [[RightThroughHisPants wearing their pants throughout the whole thing]], and secondly, Madonna's acting just makes Amber seem whiny and vaguely annoyed during the sequence.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The basic story of the film is actually about 90% the same as the 1974 original. The changes that really hurt the story are the removal of the political subtext, the near-rape scene in the original being turned into an ''actual'' rape scene for this one, and the original version's ending, in which the lead characters make a mutual (if reluctant) decision not to continue their relationship, being turned into far more of an outright DownerEnding where the two are clearly still in love, but Amber's husband proves a SpannerInTheWorks and dupes Giuseppe into thinking she's dumped him.

* {{Narm}}: The rape scene is robbed of any power it might have thanks to two things. Firstly, the sequence doesn't even attempt to disguise the fact that both parties are still [[RightThroughHisPants wearing their pants throughout the whole thing]], and secondly the victim is being played by Madonna, whose legendary acting un-ability just makes her seem whiny and slightly annoyed during the sequence.
* TearJerker: As bad as the movie is, the ending is arguably this, thanks to manipulations leaving both people thinking that the other no longer loves them.

* {{Tearjerker}}: As bad as the movie is, the ending is arguably this, thanks to manipulations leaving both people thinking that the other no longer loves them.

* {{Narm}}: The rape scene is robbed of any power it might have thanks to two things. Firstly, the sequence doesn't even attempt to disguise the fact that both parties are still [[RightThroughHisPants wearing their pants throughout the whole thing]], and secondly the victim is being played by Madonna, whose legendary acting un-ability just makes her seem whiny and slightly annoyed during the sequence.

* CoupleBomb: Sort of. It starred Music/{{Madonna}} and was directed by her then-husband Creator/GuyRitchie, and was almost universally panned as being terrible, and led to Madonna's declaration that she would never act again.
* {{Narm}}: The rape scene is robbed of any power it might have thanks to two things. Firstly, the sequence doesn't even attempt to disguise the fact that both parties are still wearing their pants throughout the whole thing, and secondly the victim is being played by Madonna, whose legendary acting un-ability just makes her seem whiny and slightly annoyed during the sequence.

* CoupleBomb: Sort of. It starred Music/{{Madonna}} and was directed by her then-husband Creator/GuyRitchie, and was almost universally panned as being terrible, and led to Madonna's declaration that she would never act again.