Movie news. Madonna - I look and feel young

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Movie news. Madonna – I look and fell young

The critics looked strange on Madonna’s acting, but it'll take more than that to dampen Madonna's big - screen blonde ambitions. The pop diva – who turns 50 this summer – made her directorial debut Wednesday at the Berlin Film Festival with Filth and Wisdom, and said she has big plans for the next 50 years.
Madonna announced at a press conference "I will be making more music and films". A press conference was continued, when one journalist said that fresh-looked Madonna’s face could pass for 20, she jokingly answered, "That's because you're standing far away." As she prepared to helm the project – the story of a Ukrainian immigrant musician and his two female roommates – the pop star didn't have to look far for professional advice.

The singer (who also co-wrote the movie) told to Germany's Spiegel TV that she asked Guy Ritchie, her director-husband of the past seven years, for “one sentence of advice before I walk into this. His answer? Confidence. That's the most important thing you need to exude on the set. No matter what you feel, exude confidence," she recounted. "And that was good advice."

Reviews of the film

While the industry magazine Screen International called Filth a "good-humored, averagely amateurish" film, Britain's The Guardian found it "so incredibly bad that Berlin festivalgoer were staggering around yesterday in a state of clinical shock, deathly pale and mewing like maltreated kittens." Perhaps the bravado was slightly misplaced. Reviews for the film have been mixed, at best.

The Hollywood Reporter managed to be won over by the "oddly appealing" film. "Ragged, uneven and potholed with some dire dialogue and performances," according to the review, "the film's cockeyed optimism and likable leads conspire to bring a smile by the time it's done." Madonna also gets plenty of love when it comes to her music, though. She'll be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month.