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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 03 Jan 2003

Aranda's screenplay and direction are rather shallow, so that this bodice-ripper feels more like a Lifetime made-for-cable movie than an epic,…

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By Kim Morgan (275) for Oregonian (1,550) on 19 Dec 2002

Accuracy and realism are terrific, but if your film becomes boring, and your dialogue isn't smart, then you need to use more poetic license…

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By Jackie Loohauis (51) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 16 Oct 2002

Less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession…

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By Gary Dowell (222) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 02 Oct 2002

There'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…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 02 Oct 2002

Forget the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this won't seem like such a bore…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 26 Sep 2002

It's López de Ayala's show, and she's relentless in her energy and passion…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 16 Sep 2002

It's not too fast and not too slow. It's not too racy and it's not too offensive. It's not too much of anything…

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By David Elliott (754) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 12 Sep 2002

It's like an old Warner Bros…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 05 Sep 2002

I'm still not quite sure how to take this historical drama with a sexual twist, but I liked it. Obscure history can be pretty fascinating…

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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 05 Sep 2002

Ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes, eye-filling, wide-screen production design and Joan's wacky decision to stand by her man, no…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 05 Sep 2002

The gifted and lovely Ms. López de Ayala makes Joan both an imperious queen and a passionate creature of desire…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 04 Sep 2002

Ayala gives Joan a fiery, full-blooded passion and Aranda challenges Pedro Almodovar in the arena of self-destructive love, obsessive passion…

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By Vanessa Sibbald (37) for Zap2it.com (379) on 03 Sep 2002

Liotti, resembling Fabio in tights, doesn't appear to have enough brains, passion, or good looks to inspire the kind of obsession Joan demonstrates…

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By Frank Ochieng (928) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 02 Sep 2002

A long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been…

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By Evan Henerson (54) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 29 Aug 2002

The film may occasionally feel like a political science lesson brought to soap-operatic life, but it's well acted and artfully done…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Citysearch (305) on 29 Aug 2002

Lopez de Ayala's exquisite acting makes us feel the frustration and sadness of a woman fighting against betrayal from all angles…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 29 Aug 2002

A compelling Spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 28 Aug 2002

A big, plush, overripe tale of misguided passion, a richly illustrated but grossly simplified and romanticized history lesson that plays like…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Aug 2002

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…

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By Eric Monder (171) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Aug 2002

Yes, one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong, determined monarch, but her love for the philandering Philip only diminishes…

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