Product Description

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 07/22/2003 Run time: 93 minutes Rating: Pg13

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82760 in DVD
• Brand: Lions Gate
• Released on: 2003-07-22
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 93 minutes

Customer Reviews

poor presentation
while 'shanghai surprise' doesn't live down to its reputation as a complete waste of celluloid, this dvd presentation leaves much to be desired. not so much as a trailer, and FULL-SCREEN presentation?!

A Must For The Madonna Completist!
It's hard to believe that 21 years have passed since this Madonna-Sean Penn disaster was first released. And time has not worked any wonders on this clumsily plotted, awkwardly incompetent movie. What you get with this SPECIAL EDITION release is a beautifully remastered picture with 5.1 sound, a gaggle of special features which are quite funny (one of which I'm actually on--listen for me on the fans commentary, I'm the bitchy New Yorker in the room!). It's a movie only a dedicated Madonna fan could love, and if you are one, then you simply must upgrade!

This is a decent film- not sure why it's so hated.
As I sat down to watch this film, I was braced for the worst but instead found myself rather pleasantly surprised. Honestly, I'm not sure why this is considered such a terrible movie. My only real complaint is that none of the characters are particularly believable, but I'm not sure how seriously this film was ever meant to be taken. The plot, while a little weak at times, is interesting enough; the songs George Harrison wrote for the film are great; and I especially enjoyed Sean Penn's performance of Glendon Wasey. I loved the part at the end where he's making Gloria wave! I think Madonna was good too but I don't believe acting is her first talent and to be fair, she wasn't given as much to work with in this film as Sean was. All in all, it was a fairly enjoyable 93 minutes of my time.