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
Adictos al amor (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
A Lente do Amor (Brazil) [pt]
Addicted to Love (France) [fr]
Ask tutkunu (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Aspondoi erastes (Greece) [el]
Hämnden är ljuv (Sweden) [sv]
In Sachen Liebe (Germany) [de]
Innamorati cronici (Italy) [it]
L'amour, toujours l'amour (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Meglesni és megszeretni (Hungary) [hu]
Milosc jak narkotyk (Poland) [pl]
Ovisni o ljubavi (Croatia) [hr]
Rakkauden koukussa (Finland) [fi]
Suznja ljubezni (Slovenia) [sl]
Viciados no Amor (Portugal) [pt]
Vild med kærlighed (Denmark) [da]

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: When Sam paints the wall, he paints the same (unpainted) spot twice.

Quotes:

[watching Anton and Linda on the camera obscura, without sound, Sam and Maggie ad-lib their conversation with French accents]
Sam: Look, my darling, I wanted to show you how well my hands fit on top of my knees, and also to give you a little...
Maggie: Get away from me. Get away from me, please. You are rude.
Sam: Oh, but I love you, my little lamb. I must have you. My love is throbbing at quite a fevered cadence.
Maggie: But you cannot have me. My love is reserved for another.
Sam: You cannot mean...?
Maggie: Yes! The Milky Way Man!
[on the screen, Anton turns away from Linda]
Sam: No, no, no! Anyone but him! No, this is a man who can predict Alpha Cluster emissions. Next to him, I am nothing. I'm a worm, I'm a little...
Maggie: Yes, I love his emissions. Not every man...
[...]

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

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Nothing new, but nice.

How did they manage to create such a beautiful film, a pretty love story, when the story is about two nutters spying on their former partners. When you think about what the story is about, and how far Sam (Matthew Broderick) and Maggie (Meg Ryan) are willing to go in order to get back to (and at) their former partners you would think that both should be either jailed or institutionalized. However, Addicted to Love, manages to create a fairly romantic love story out of it, without us ever doubting the sanity behind their actions. Both Matthew and Meg are here in roles they have portrait many times before in other films, while the star of the film is Tchéky Karyo. You end up hating him and loving him at the same time, feeling sorry for him one minute, wishing him all the worst the next. This is crucial to the story, bringing me to the conclusion that it is Tchéky that really makes the whole film work. One could criticize that even though the idea is original, the story isn't, with no unexpected turns or twists along the way. Simple, but pleasant film. 6/10