Addicted to Love
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In this slightly dark comedy about romantic obsession, Sam (Matthew Broderick) is an astronomer who likes his life in the small New England town he calls home and loves his fiancée, Linda (Kelly Preston). But one day, Linda tells Sam that she's moving to New York because she has found a new job -- and a new boyfriend. Sam is shocked and doesn't want to give Linda up, so when she moves to Manhattan, Sam follows her. Moving into an empty loft across the street from Linda's new apartment, Sam constructs a camera obscura that allows him to watch what she and her new beau, a French restaurateur named Anton (Tcheky Karyo), are up to. Sam's convinced that Linda is just going through a phase, and when she gets tired of Anton, he'll be there to pick up the pieces. But Sam soon has company in his obsessive watch over Linda's new flat: Anton's former girlfriend, Maggie (Meg Ryan), crashes Sam's hideout and joins him in his spy mission. While Sam just wants Linda back, Maggie is seething with rage against Anton after he dumped her and now she's out for revenge. Addicted to Love was the directorial debut of actor and producer Griffin Dunne; he cast his father, noted author Dominick Dunne, in a small role as a food writer. ~ Mark Deming, RoviCast
- Meg Ryan - Maggie
- Matthew Broderick - Sam
- Kelly Preston - Linda Green
- Tchéky Karyo - Anton Depeaux
- Maureen Stapleton - Nana
Credit
Stephen Alesch - Art Director, Cathy Sandrich - Casting, Amanda Mackey-Johnson - Casting, Caroline Baron - Co-producer, Johanna Demetrakas - Co-producer, Henry Bronchtein - First Assistant Director, Griffin Dunne - Director, Elizabeth Kling - Editor, Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer, Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer, Rachel Portman - Composer (Music Score), Robin Standefer - Production Designer, Andrew Dunn - Cinematographer, Jeffrey Silver - Producer, Bobby Newmyer - Producer, Ed Novick - Sound/Sound Designer, Robert Gordon - Screenwriter| Addicted to His Love - Sisterhood (1988 Film), Addicted in Afghanistan (2009 Film) | |
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Addicted to Love (film)
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| Directed by | Griffin Dunne |
| Produced by | Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein |
| Written by | Robert Gordon |
| Starring | Meg Ryan Matthew Broderick Kelly Preston Tchéky Karyo Maureen Stapleton Remak Ramsay |
| Music by | Rachel Portman |
| Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
| Editing by | Elizabeth Kling |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | May 23, 1997 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | USD$34.67 million (est.) |
Addicted to Love is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Griffin Dunne, starring Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Tchéky Karyo, and Kelly Preston. The movie's title is based on Robert Palmer's song "Addicted to Love".
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Plot
Two pairs of lovers play out a comedy of errors, in which Maggie (Ryan) and Sam (Broderick), an astronomer, try several unethical and nasty tricks to break apart the envied union of their respective former partners, Anton (Karyo) and Linda (Preston).
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: he goes to New York and sets up house 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 motorcyclist, who is determined to get revenge on Anton, her ex-fiance. Mutually 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.[1]
Critical reviews
The film received mixed reviews. Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert panned it as immature, implausible and imbecilic, but still gave it two stars out of a possible four.[2]
He did not go as far as the Los Angeles Times' Kevin Thomas, who called it creepy and said:
| “ | It is exceedingly difficult to find what's funny in the calculated, obsessive, relentless destruction of Anton, especially when he proves to be the most likable and mature of all four of these people. Maybe Addicted to Love might work as a pitch-dark comedy, but in the way Robert Gordon has written it and Griffin Dunne directed it, it gives us the impression that we're supposed to take drastic, irrational revenge as a larky laff [sic] riot.[citation needed] | ” |
Addicted to Love currently holds a 57% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Reception
The advertisements did warn viewers that it would be darker than what Ryan and Broderick are usually associated with, using the taglines "A comedy about lost loves and last laughs" and "A comedy about two people who are getting off on getting even."[3] However, the film only managed to take $34,673,095 gross at the box office,[4] several million less than either Ryan[5] or Broderick's averages.[6]
Release
The Miramax 101 minute film, marking actor Griffin Dunne's directorial debut, was released on May 23, one week before the highly competitive Memorial Day weekend in the United States.
Box office
The film opened at #2 at the North American box office making $11.4 million USD in its opening weekend, behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Locations
While the majority of the filming took place where it was set, in the Greenwich Village area of New York City, some shooting was done in Centreville, Delaware and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118556/plotsummary
- ^ Addicted to Love :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
- ^ Taglines from Addicted to Love from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- ^ Addicted to Love performance from The-Numbers.com
- ^ Meg Ryan performance from The-Numbers.com
- ^ Matthew Broderick's performance from The-Numbers.com
- ^ Filming locations from IMDb
External links
- Addicted to Love at the Internet Movie Database
- Addicted to Love at AllRovi
- Addicted to Love at Rotten Tomatoes
- Addicted to Love at Box Office Mojo
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