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Addicted to Love (1997) 5.9
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Metascore: 49/100
Reviews: 64 user | 53 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com Maggie's and Sam's former partners are in love; she wants revenge and he wants his lost love back, so they work together to break up the happy couple. Director:Griffin DunneWriter:Robert Gordon |
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Linda
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| Tchéky Karyo | ... |
Anton
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Nana
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| Nesbitt Blaisdell | ... |
Ed Green
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Remak Ramsay | ... |
Professor Wells
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Carl
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Susan Forristal | ... |
Cecile
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Gwen
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Maurizio Benazzo | ... |
Euro-Chic Man
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Paolo Calamari | ... |
French Bartender
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Helmar Augustus Cooper | ... |
Bus Driver
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Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life, Linda, leaves him for a suave Frenchman named Anton. He therefore does what every other normal dumpee would do; go to New York and set up home in the abandoned building opposite his ex-girlfriend's apartment, intent on winning her back and waiting until she decides to leave her current lover. What Sam does not count on is being joined several weeks later by ultra hip tomboy Maggie, a photographer and motor-cyclist who is determined to get revenge on Anton, her ex-fiance. Hostile at first, the two of them eventually join forces in an attempt to separate the couple, and ruin Anton's life. However, complications ensue when Sam and Maggie start falling for each other. Written by Anonymous
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Country:
USARelease Date:
23 May 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$34,656,904 (USA) (15 August 1997)Company Credits
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Maggie: Yeah, he's killin' her all right, and she's loving every minute of it!
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Written by M.C. Solaar (as MC Solaar) and Philippe Zdar (as Zdar)
Performed by M.C. Solaar (as MC Solaar)
Courtesy of Polydor, a Division of PolyGram France
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing
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The food critic who accidentally eats a cockroach is director Griffin Dunne's father, Dominick Dunne. See more »Goofs
When Anton attacks Sam, the wooden brace supporting the cast on his right arm is broken in different places. See more »Quotes
Sam: Oh my God! Oh my God he's killing her!Maggie: Yeah, he's killin' her all right, and she's loving every minute of it!
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"Zoom"Written by M.C. Solaar (as MC Solaar) and Philippe Zdar (as Zdar)
Performed by M.C. Solaar (as MC Solaar)
Courtesy of Polydor, a Division of PolyGram France
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When you hear the words `romantic comedy', the first thing that springs to mind is some sugary, smiley, big-haired, feather-light Julia Roberts escapade. `Addicted to Love' presents us with the polar opposite to this, even if the premise is pretty the same as you'd find in the usual rom-com. The result is a deft, reckless, amusing and entertaining heavy-handed movie. There isn't much to bicker about here.
Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick show tremendous colour and prove to be likeable characters as the vengeful stalkers. Tcheky Karyo is funny as the clumsy French fool. Kelly Preston is the least convicted of the four main characters, but is still relatively good.
The film has its own generally funny slapstick moments that compensate for the lack of verbal wit. The narrative that follows is good enough to keep you wanting more, and the jokes are all very well timed. The title Robert Palmer song adds to the reckless, but endearing epitome of the film. The directing styles aren't amazing, but they're hip and stylish for the most part.
Overall, it isn't film of the century and is far from outstanding, but `Addicted to Love' is original, entertaining and very funny for the most part. I give it 6.8 out of 10.