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Addicted to Love
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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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.)
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What The Critics Said
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Misanthropic, cruel, hostile, corrupt, blasphemous and basically pretty evil. I loved it.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser
Ryan has an edge that is extremely becoming…This is her best work yet.
Read Full Review >USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
This twisted romance possesses the soul and edgy atmosphere of an independent film but not quite the conviction.
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
One of the most inventive romantic comedies to come around in some while.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Ryan's abrasive and rather creepy character is something of a departure for her.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The story is as contrived as it is comical.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
A fine--but not entirely uninteresting—mess. [2 Jun 1997, p. 74]
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Just a little shy of twisting the knife that extra twist.
Read Full Review >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]
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Ms. Ryan's lean, eagle-eyed golden girl is enough to curdle milk.
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The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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