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Addicted to Love

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Romance

Written by: Robert Gordon

Directed by: Griffin Dunne

Release Date:
Theatrical: May 23, 1997
DVD: October 23, 1997

Running Time: 100 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for sexual content

Starring Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tchéky Karyo, Maureen Stapleton, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Remak Ramsay, and Lee Wilkof

First they got mad. Now they're getting even. Two dumped lovers (Broderick & Ryan) team for comic revenge when their exes team up for romance. (Warner Bros.)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

Misanthropic, cruel, hostile, corrupt, blasphemous and basically pretty evil. I loved it.

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88

San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser

Ryan has an edge that is extremely becoming…This is her best work yet.

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75

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

This twisted romance possesses the soul and edgy atmosphere of an independent film but not quite the conviction.

75

San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein

Karyo -- a big star in France but little known in this country -- has Steve Martin's knack for keeping his dignity while doing outrageous slapstick.

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75

ReelViews James Berardinelli

A deliciously nasty, dark comedy.

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70

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

It's a tribute to Robert Gordon's nifty screenplay and Dunne's cheerful way with digression that Addicted to Love, even as it broadens into screwball, also deepens into a character study full of surprising left turns.

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70

Variety Leonard Klady

Warm performances that result in hilarity without guilt.

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67

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

One of the most inventive romantic comedies to come around in some while.

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60

Salon.com Laura Miller

Has the same relationship to the dark emotions it glosses that Disneyland's Jungleboat Cruise ride has to an actual excursion down the Amazon.

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60

Empire Angie Errigo

Ryan and Broderick, while individually first-rate, don't combine as sexily as they ought, making the inevitable outcome a little too pat in an otherwise genre-bucking affair.

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50

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Ryan's abrasive and rather creepy character is something of a departure for her.

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50

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

It is always a problem in a love story when the rival seems more interesting than the hero, and that's what happens here.

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50

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

The story is as contrived as it is comical.

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50

Time Richard Schickel

A fine--but not entirely uninteresting—mess. [2 Jun 1997, p. 74]

50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Just a little shy of twisting the knife that extra twist.

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50

Washington Post Eve Zibart

Like a cute version of Jekyll and Hyde.

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33

Entertainment Weekly Bruce Fretts

Commits the cardinal sin of too many modern movies: It never gives the audience a clue why any of these people were ever attracted to one another in the first place. [30 May 1997, p. 54]

20

The New Yorker Sarah Kerr

A desperately misbegotten screwball comedy.

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0

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Ms. Ryan's lean, eagle-eyed golden girl is enough to curdle milk.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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