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Addicted to Love
Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life leaves him for a suave Frenchman. 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, wait until she decides to leave her current lover, and then win her back.
Release : | 1997 |
Rating : | 6.1 |
Studio : | Miramax, Warner Bros. Pictures, Outlaw Productions, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
Cast : | Meg Ryan Matthew Broderick Kelly Preston Tchéky Karyo Maureen Stapleton |
Genre : | Comedy Romance |
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She plays like a vingative and bad-girl (even better way,nothing to weep and get depressed like a melo-dramatic cause for lost love) everything to wreck a intolerable and mellow affair.Meg Ryan was Different but this role simply is RomCom (Meg's Trademark)A A very big emphasis is Meg Ryan putting her hands on the cockroaches. What a Brave woman! does Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johnhasson stand for a few seconds a few handfuls of cockroaches without knocking the despair? And not to mention that She played the pranks worthy Eminent Characters Cartoon like Bugs Bunny,Pink Panther,Jerry(from Tom & Jerry),Meg rides a Kawasaki,She makes tricks.Meg 's puppy girl, so cute.... Eternal youth 4 Meg Ryan.
This is a wretched, wrong-headed little waste of celluloid. Do not be deceived by the film's strange sleight of hand, mis-focusing the audience on Broderick and Ryan. This is actually a story about a young woman (Kelly Preston) from America and an immigrant from France (Tcheky Karyo) who meet in New York and fall in love. Preston, raised in a small town, finally spreads her wings and flies away to the big city in pursuit of her dreams. There she meets Karyo, the man of her dreams, who loves America where he has come to achieve his dreams. Sadly the two of them are dogged by their sicko, stalking ex-lovers who conspire to wreak mayhem upon them and turn their dreams into a nightmare.Broderick and Ryan commit heinous crimes, including invasion of privacy (on multiple levels), stalking, and breaking and entering. They are seriously disturbed voyeurs who generate no chemistry and no sympathy. I was touched only by the steady, true love of Preston and Karyo which even overcomes the sinister machinations of Broderick and Ryan. The film attempts to get the audience to identify with the sickos, instead of the true protagonists of this film. Unfortunately, their characters provide no chemistry and nothing with which I could identify. I just felt compassion for the two objects of their demented malevolence.In a comment thread on this film, someone suggested the film's ending was too pat - that there was too much neat "resolution." To the contrary, this film provides too LITTLE resolution. After the twin menaces of Broderick and Ryan finally depart, were Preston and Karyo able to reconstruct their lives of love and security and promise? Or were they forever reduced to penury as a result of Broderick's and Ryan's conspiracy?The acting in this film is pedestrian except for Karyo, who is quite good. Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick never come close to portraying 3-dimensional characters - much less, likable ones - or achieving any on-screen chemistry. This is a pitiful excuse for a romance or a comedy or a romantic comedy.Tragically, this film is about two people from disparate backgrounds who, against all odds meet, fall in love and build a dream life only to have it devastated by two contemptuous criminals from their past. There was nothing funny about two deranged, deluded people utterly destroying the lives of two other people who have found love, happiness and success together in the big city. For me, causing misery in the lives of others is a poor basis for comedy.
Addicted to Love delivers more than it promises. The summary for this work was less than inspired, however, the work itself is quite well done. This one has a few twists, a good screen play, and some wonderful dialog. I really enjoyed this one.This is probably one of Broderick's best performances; one among many. He was sincere, fresh, and utterly believable. Meg Ryan also contributed her usual stellar performance. I've never seen a single movie of hers, which did not allow me to enjoy her performance...yes, even In The Cut.This was a "black" rom/com, which is something of a unique occurrence. It is also a bittersweet, chaotic mess, but then again, so is life. I found it very refreshing.It rates a 7.6/10 from...the Fiend :.
If only she could get her hands on some good material. But in her eagerness to break out of a stereotype she's picked some real losers.Today it's a long list.Here we have someone who's done an excellent job of acting appearing in a movie almost totally without charm. No, take that back: this is totally without charm.I can't describe what it feels like to suffer through this turkey. It's very painful as work Ryan has previously done has been so unbelievably good.Forget the supporting cast: without the diamond up to par and with a totally lacklustre idea for a movie, nothing else matters and nothing's going to help.Go rent When A Man, Harry/Sally, or Seattle instead.