Addicted to Love (1997)
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57% of critics liked it
(30 reviews) -
49% of users liked it
(35,732 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Griffin Dunne
- Written By
- Robert Gordon
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 23, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Stalking does not sound like a viable basis for a romantic comedy, but director Griffin Dunne and screenwriter Robert Gordon have somehow made it work.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Misfire "romantic comedy" of stalking.
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Cast
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Meg Ryan
as Maggie
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Matthew Broderick
as Sam
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Kelly Preston
as Linda Green
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Tcheky Karyo
as Anton Depeaux
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Maureen Stapleton
as Nana
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Nesbitt Blaisdell
as Ed Green
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Susan Forristal
as Cecile
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Mike Hodge
as Linda's doorman
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Conrad McLaren
as motorcycle man
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Larry Pine
as street comic
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Remak Ramsay
as Prof. Wells
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William Timoney
as restaurant patron
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Lee Wilkof
as Carl
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Richard Dreyfuss
as astronomer
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Dominick Dunne
as Matheson
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Helmar Augustus Cooper
as bus driver
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Daniel Dae Kim
as undergrad assistant
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Maurizio Benazzo
as Euro-chic man
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Bill Kux
as desk clerk
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Jacqueline Heinze
as bald girl
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Deborah Ayer
as Gwen
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Paolo Calamari
as French bartender
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Tom Forrest
as astronomer
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Shoshanna Gleich
as school teacher
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Steve McAuliff
as business man
