Mad Love is a 1995 American teen romantic drama film directed by Antonia Bird and starring Drew Barrymore and Chris O'Donnell.

When Casey finds out Matt was using a telescope to spy on her, she angrily blows him off at first, but relents after he apologizes and the two polar opposites begin a whirlwind romance.

Matt is drawn to Casey's free-spirited, fun-loving nature, and she confides to him she has a volatile personality where she goes from intense feelings of passion to fear and destructiveness.

Producer David Manson said, "For a long time, I had an idea to do a movie about a boy who falls in love with a girl with some complicated emotional problems.

[5] Among these changes was the removal of darker subject matter about mental illness and teen suicide, as well as the reduction of Casey's behavior to mere depression, when her symptoms indicate she suffers from bipolar disorder.

I had a great time working with Drew [Barrymore] and Chris [O'Donnell], but it was quite difficult, because I really didn't know what was happening...For a director, 80 percent of the movie has nothing to do with directing; it's all politics and post-production.

"[12] Of Barrymore, Ebert wrote, "she has a couple of scenes that could have gone badly wrong - a blowup in a restaurant and a confrontation with Matt - and she plays them just right, not too dramatically or strangely, but with the right balance of bravado and fear.

"[12] Emanuel Levy of Variety labeled the film as "yet another variation on amour fou and love on the run", but stated "the sensual acting of charismatic leads Chris O'Donnell and Drew Barrymore is beyond reproach.

[13][14] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly wrote director Antonia Bird "captures some tender moments of real despair" and gave the film a grade of B.

[15] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times gave a mixed review, criticizing the film for succumbing to movie-of-the-week territory, and not going deeper into "the root cause of Casey’s instability, [or] just what role her authoritarian father may or may not have in her condition.

"[16] Thomas concluded the film "does show to great advantage O’Donnell, who underplays in impressively sustained fashion, and especially Barrymore, who radiates a timeless, indelible star quality".

[17] Other songs that were featured in the film but are not on the soundtrack include:[18] Mad Love was released as a special edition Blu-ray by Kino Lorber on December 17, 2019.