DVD Review

Shanghai Surprise (2007)

Reviewed by Paul Katz | Apr 06, 2007

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Details Rated: PG-13; DVD Release Date: Apr 10, 2007; Genre: Comedy; With: Madonna and Sean Penn; Distributor: MGM

Some bad films become kitschy-cool with age, but Shanghai Surprise continues to rot. Penn teams up with then wife Madonna as a '30s rapscallion charged with helping the Material Girl's missionary/nurse...we lost you at ''missionary/nurse,'' didn't we? While the tabloids claimed that the duo had chemistry in real life, those sparks never showed up on the screen. EXTRAS
D-list celebs like Melissa Rivers riff on fave scenes; and in a doc, supporting players dish about paparazzi and Madonna's prima donna antics. One even describes set life as ''almost like the Middle East.''

Originally posted Apr 06, 2007 Published in issue #929 Apr 13, 2007 Order article reprints

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