I really don't know where to start... and I really don't know where to end! This balant Indiana Jones/ Romancing the Stone rip-off is one of the most tedious, tiresome, and dull films I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure that's all that really needs to be said.
Clyde Kusatsu, Kay Tong Lim, Madonna
Madonna plays an unlikely missionary nurse, Gloria Tatlock, to Sean Penn's bounty hunter, Glendon Wasey, in this romantic adventure helmed by Jim Goddard. It's 1937, and Gloria's searching for opium t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 22, 2003
Stats: 130 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (130)
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November 12, 2007
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December 4, 2006
They don't make films like this anymore - and we have to congratulate someone for it, real fast.
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November 17, 2007
This movie gets 1 star for Sean Penn and 1 star for Madonna and that's pretty much all it had going for it!
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February 13, 2009
Okay,okay,YES it was a flop,and kinda boring,but..MADONNA people!! Nuff said.
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January 7, 2009
she's so bad at acting...come on, lady, do what you're doing best
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May 18, 2008
Had its funny points. But worst Movie Sean or Madonna ever made. I did not really like madonnas character in this... She did look hot with that bright blonde hair and red lipstick but thats about it. Bad BAD DYE JOB ON SEAN PENN. Shame on Jim goddard for casting these parts as he...( read more)
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