Product Details

• Actors: Madonna
• Format: Single, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001
• Run Time: 5 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005BJOE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,092 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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The outrage surrounding the violent content in Madonna's video for "What It Feels Like for a Girl" is a bit of a controversy itself. Look at any episode of any cop show filmed during the last 25 years and you'll easily find more car crashes and human assault, containing far less artful context, than director Guy Ritchie (Madonna's husband) injects here. Madonna plays something of a femme fatale Robin Hood, who removes a blank-faced elderly woman from a nursing home and, with the old lady sitting shotgun, races around town in a yellow vintage Camaro wreaking havoc on unsuspecting males. She crashes into a car containing leering young men, stun-guns a fat-cat fellow at an ATM, gives his cash to a waitress at a drive-in, and steals another hot rod after she's banged up her own. While enjoying a milkshake with her octogenarian partner-in- crime, she pulls out a pistol and aims it at the heads of two stupefied-looking policemen (but she doesn't spray them with bullets--the weapon is a squirt gun). The Thelma & Louise-themed video hints that the entire scenario is imagined by the old woman, who fantasizes vengeance for a lifetime of indignities suffered. Satisfying, yes. Outrageous, hardly. --Beth Massa

Product Description

Just about the only place you can see Madonna's controversial video is on this special DVD Single. Directed by acclaimed film director Guy Ritchie (also, perhaps you've heard, Madonna's husband), the video was cut to the song's "Above and Beyond" mix, available only on this DVD Single.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh please...., June 5, 2001

By	earthcup "earthcup" (Blairsville, GA) - See all my reviews

if this was an Eminem video everyone would be applauding him. However, it's an ok pg-13 video that shows a girl doing things she's not supposed to by our cultures standards.

No, I don't advocate violence but I appreciate seeing a girl kick booty instead of being the victim. Great song, interesting video.

If you have a problem seeing a video where girls are not sex objects then don't buy it. If you have a problem with men being taken advantage of by a woman, don't buy it. Personally, I love it!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THERE IS ONLY THE VIDEO MIX ON THE U.S. RELEASE OF THIS DVD, April 24, 2001

By	Michael Broekhoven (Atlanta, Ga United States) - See all my reviews

I just want to correct a previous review's comment. This DVD single (a Region 1 release) only contains the Video & "Above & Beyond" video mix. The Region 2 DVD contains more. Thanks.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What can one say but....MADONNA, April 8, 2001

By	GarionOrb (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

Madonna has never disappointed when it comes to controversy. Her video for "What It Feels Like For A Girl" is no exception. It has an energetic dance remix and an intense video to match. Of course, Madonna looks beautiful and the message of female empowerment is evident in the most in-your-face way! The violence isn't strong enough to justify its banning, but what can I say, some people can't handle stuff like this without trying it themselves. I definitely recommend this DVD! It's Madonna, enough said.