Madly (2016 film)

Madly is a 2016 English-language international anthology film. The film, composed of six segments, features casts and crews from countries that include Australia, Chile, India, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Madly was conceived and produced by Nusrat Durrani, then general manager at MTV network.

"Clean Shaven"
Archana is a woman who is forced into a conservative married life. When her husband realizes that she has shaved her pubis, he decides to imprison her as a punishment.

"Afterbirth"
A mother struggles to recognize her newborn son as a human creature.

"Dance Dance Dance"
Rio, a young break dancer from the Bronx is rejected by his family after telling them that he is gay. He is forced to leave his parents' house and live on the streets.

"Love of Love"
Members of a close-knit Japanese clan end up performing an orgy in a sordid a sex club.

"Love of my life"
Flashbacks evoke the story of a long relationship.

"I do"
A young bride has a panic attack shortly before celebrating her wedding. What helps her is an unexpected encounter with a man from her past.

Reception
David Ehrlich of Indie Wire said that "The film, like love itself, is inconsistent and hard to define. The film, like love itself, is also hard to resist". Kenji Fushima of Slant Magazine wrote that "Madly broadly tackles the subject of love without, even at its least successful, stooping to the dire, barrel-scraping cultural condescension of Rio, I Love You". Jay Weissberg of Variety opined that "Like most compilation projects, the effort yields an uneven anthology with little thematic glue holding it together, although for the most part, the six shorts could stand alone and overall quality is high". Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "Uneven in the way of so many cinematic anthologies, this is a more artistically ambitious collection than most, even if its aspirations aren’t always fulfilled". Patricia Contino of The Upcoming ave the film 3 stars out of 5 andopined that "On the whole Madly is an ambitious project of compelling filmmaking and storytelling – and instead of one worthwhile film, there are several!" TV Guide said of the film: "this compilation resonates as a portrait of how we love today."