Just when you thought movies in the 1990s couldn't get any worse, along comes this lumpy stew of a teenage romance. Boy meets girl at school; they flirt, they date, they run off together--the dramatic conceit being that she's mentally unbalanced. It isn't a fresh spin, although the filmmakers and the cast proceed like they're doing something new...and who knows, maybe the young audience targeted for this picture actually believes in these sentiments? I wasn't sure the picture could actually sink any lower from the ludicrous opening sequence (scored with an abominable rock song); unfortunately, it does. To those of us over 30, "Mad Love" is pretty excruciating--not to mention terribly irresponsible--and not quite the "wild and sexy adventure" advertised. NO STARS from ****
Review of Mad Love
