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Madonna's new film released straight to video

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Madonna's new film will not be released in UK cinemas after it flopped in the US.



Swept Away, which was directed by Guy Ritchie, will go straight to video instead.

The film's distributors had initially said it would hit UK cinemas in March.

"Following the disappointing box office results in the US, Guy Ritchie's Swept Away will not be released theatrically in the UK," a Columbia Tristar spokesman said.

Swept Away took only $350,000 on its opening weekend and was a flop with critics.

Rolling Stone magazine called it "a shipwreck" and the Washington Post said the film was "as awful as you've heard and as bad as you've imagined".

A spokeswoman for Madonna said she had no comment on the announcement the film will go straight to video.

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