Addicted to Love (film)

Infobox Film
name = Addicted to Love


caption = original film poster
director = Griffin Dunne
producer = Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
writer = Robert Gordon
starring = Matthew Broderick
Meg Ryan
Kelly Preston
Tchéky Karyo
Maureen Stapleton
Remak Ramsay
music = Rachel Portman
cinematography = Andrew Dunn
editing = Elizabeth Kling
distributor = Warner Bros.
Miramax Films
released = 23 May, 1997 (USA release)
runtime = 100 min.
language = English
gross = USD$34.67 million (est.)
imdb_id = 0118556

"Addicted to Love" is a 1997 romantic comedy film, directed by Griffin Dunne. It stars Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick and Kelly Preston. The movie's title is based on Robert Palmer's song "Addicted to Love". It is intended to be a humorous love story, but at some points is a dark comedy and at selective others, it is the traditional, romantic comedy for which Meg Ryan is known.Fact|date=March 2008

Plot

Two pairs of lovers playing 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 (Tchéky Karyo) and Linda (Preston).

Critical reviews

The film received harsh 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. [ [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19970523/REVIEWS/705230301/1023 Addicted to Love :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews ] ]

He did not go as far as the "Los Angeles Times"' Kevin Thomas, who called it creepy and said:

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." [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118556/taglines Taglines from "Addicted to Love"] from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)] However, the film only managed to take $34,673,095 gross at the box office, [ [http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1997/ADDIC.html "Addicted to Love" performance] from The-Numbers.com] several million less than either Ryan [ [http://www.the-numbers.com/people/MRYAN.html Meg Ryan performance] from The-Numbers.com] or Broderick's averages. [ [http://www.the-numbers.com/people/MBROD.html Matthew Broderick's performance] from The-Numbers.com]

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.

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. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118556/locations Filming locations] from IMDb]

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