Mad Love

Mad Love (1995)

  • 28% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 49% of users liked it
    (19,563 ratings)

A lonely teenager thinks that he's found love, but it turns out to be more than he bargained for. Matt Leland (Chris O'Donnell) is an intelligent but awkward high school student who is in the market for a girlfriend but not having much luck finding one. One night, while looking at the stars through… More

PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Antonia Bird
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
May 26, 1995 Wide
On DVD
Jan 18, 2000

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    Though well-acted by Chris O'Donnell and Drerw Barrymore, this is yet another version of amour fou and love on the run that makes little sense and fails to reach the heart.

  • Eric Monder, Film Journal International

    Despite the old-fashioned ideology, at least Mad Love is good to look at.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Dean M


    Great title, but a pathetic tale of a high school senior drawn like a moth to a flame to manic-depressive Drew Barrymore, whose performance is little more than an annoying twitch.

  • Lee K


    dull and pointless

  • Leo L


    As I watched it the first time, I was ecstatic. As I continue to watch it now and then, I am still captivated enough. Great music, especially with "the waterskiing" scene using Nirvana's Love Buzz". Fantastic song!!

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