It helps that I really like Madonna, but I really didn't think the movie was all that bad.  It wasn't as sharp as the original, and ENOUGH with the montages, but Madonna was belieavable and the relationship had chemistry.  It was just a lazy movie and didn't try hard enough to capture the socialist spirit that the original one had going on (partly because the original's politics aren't overly appropriate in North American society today).  Still, Madonna LOOKS great, if that counts for something, and Richie somewhat succeeds in filming her like a Monica Vitti of the 21st century (without the cool aloofness and intensity, of course).