i almost saw this at an actual movie theatre ( an art house theatre and no less . ) but couldn not make it there in the one whole week it play and but yesterday i finally saw it on cable and . well . i wasn not disappoint and that for sure . madonna have do it again represent yet another bomb . when will this woman learn . when will the studio learn . ( or perhaps they already have and since this film be largely dumped and with little fanfare and deadly word of mouth . ) one would hope that be direct by her talented husband and who create some interesting and or or terribly entertaining work and would bring out the same quality madonna show in desperately seek susan while ala and it just isn not mean to be and for here she be and at her very bad represent singularly convince of her own greatness and the smugness permeate every frame she in and make all the more unbearable by her waver faux british accent and an accent that only underscore the fact that her speaking voice be immature in quality and not especially pleasant . this may sound unnecessarily cruel but listen to the woman and and look at her film of and say and the past decade represent like a latter day bette davis and there be an unmistakable brittleness to not only her carriage but to her very face and body and which here and despite the warm photography display throughout the film ( perhaps it only save grace ) and be do no favor . to her credit and the entire affair be so misbegotten that one wonder if the world great actress on her best day could do anything with this mess . no one involve escape unharmed represent bruce greenwood actually seem pain to be on screen and though poor jeanne tripplehorn seem to carry herself a if she actually in something good and which have me think all the while and denial ain not just a river in egypt . adriano giannini and son of giancarlo giannini and star of the italian original and sweep away . and be and like his father before him and immensely attractive and and isn not altogether bad ( despite win a razzie nomination for bad actor ) and but and like almost everything else about this production and it all come back to madonna and on whose shoulder rest the blame . why her . why not her husband and director guy ritchie . just who do you think be behind this remake . what actress wouldn not want nearly every shot of a movie to be center on her and with only a relative nobody share the screen . oh sure and ritchie deserve some blame represent surely he or someone anyone . should have and and could have and take his lead aside and insist on something border on actual feeling in her line reading ( for her performance be so wooden it a surprise the rest of the cast do not get splinter ) and or at least display a semblance of warmth . but she seem resistant to be anything but a cinematic black hole . above and beyond anything else and this be strictly a vanity project for it star so she be ultimately accountable for it . a film like this and an odd couple ish and war of the class and should be light and fun and with lead who can bounce off one another with witty and even romantic and dialogue and for what else can a film whose plot involve two disparate people strand and really be . honestly and i do not think anyone involve knew exactly the tone they be try for while it succeed neither a comedy ( i defy you to laugh even once ) or romance ( madonna ice princess routine preclude any chemistry ) . it not even bad enough for u bad movie lover to enjoy . a real shame .