Addicted to Love (1997)

Director:

Griffin Dunne

Writer (WGA):

Robert Gordon (written by)

Release Date:

23 May 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A Comedy About Lost Loves And Last Laughs

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Revenge | Monkey | Reference To Lassie | Motor

Cast

Meg Ryan	...	Maggie
Matthew Broderick	...	Sam
Kelly Preston	...	Linda
Tchéky Karyo	...	Anton (as Tcheky Karyo)
Maureen Stapleton	...	Nana
Nesbitt Blaisdell	...	Ed Green
Remak Ramsay	...	Professor Wells
Lee Wilkof	...	Carl
Dominick Dunne	...	Matheson
Susan Forristal	...	Cecile
Larry Pine	...	Street Comic
Debbon Ayer	...	Gwen
Maurizio Benazzo	...	Euro-Chic Man
Paolo Calamari	...	French Bartender
Helmar Augustus Cooper	...	Bus Driver

Also Known As:

Forlorn

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 (bw) | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #35298)

Filming Locations:

Centerville, Delaware, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Griffin Dunne's directorial debut.

Goofs:

Continuity: The support brace holding up Anton's arm after the fight scene is broken, but the location changes. Also, when Anton enters the front door to his apartment, his arms are at his sides (he has trouble getting through the doorway), but inside the apartment his arms are in front of him.

Quotes:

[after Maggie mocks Sam's hopes]
Sam: Well, what is your evil plan, huh? You're gonna squirt him with squirt guns? Throw rotten strawberries at him?
Maggie: You looked in my satchel?
Sam: Yeah, call a cop!
Maggie: [shrugs] You are a strange, tragic little man.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game K N B: (2007-03-03)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Só tinha de ser com você

Romantic Comedy with an Edge

Better than average plot but not enough to raise it above B-level.

I think Meg Ryan's star status worked against her because her cute reputation undercut her tough character. However, she proves that she can do something besides "bubbly" and is pretty good in a more edgy role.

Tchéky Karyo was excellent as a semi-likable French guy. One common weakness in romantic comedies is that the viewer can't understand why the "nice girl" would fall in love with the "bad guy." In this movie, we can she why she loves him and, by the end, we even like him a little too. Good writing and acting.

Not Matthew Broaderick's best performance... fairly uneven. He doesn't do "hopelessly in love" very well. Broaderick looked great, even when disheveled. For that matter, all the characters look great.

Kelly Preston is pure cardboard but it sort of works because three developed characters are probably enough in a Romantic Comedy.

The set (the hideout, especially) stole the show. The sound was unusually good for a fluff movie.