Review of Shanghai Surprise (1986) by Catherine S — 15 Jun 2010
I have seen this probably about 10-15 times now and i'm still not 100% sure what is going on in it in places. Thats kind of why I like it, its like a puzzle or something. There is NO WAY your average child (or Madonna wannabe at the time) would have made much sense of it.
NO-WAY! Madonna does her best though I think. Madonna and Sean Penn obviously took this project on thinking it would be like a 1980's Bogart and Bacall type thing but it really didnt turn out that way.
Madonna blamed the editing for it coming out rubbish, but I think it was proabably just a bad idea for a film in the first place. I guess Madonna wanted to do a role that went against type, after Desperately Seeking Susan.
Enjoyable in a bad but good kind of way.
This review of Shanghai Surprise (1986) was written by Catherine S on 15 Jun 2010.
Shanghai Surprise has generally received negative reviews.
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