Overview
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.
The good: it was actually kind of interesting to see a pair of scorned former lovers watch their former lovers interact in real time. The bad: pretty much everything else. The movie tried to have it both ways in that it played up the dark and twisted plan to spy on other people while trying to develop the paint-by-numbers path of a traditional rom com. And it didn’t work on either level. Part of my problem with the film is probably how I see Broderick. He is a charismatic actor, but for some reason I don’t see him in rom coms. Maybe because he will always be a teenager in my head?
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Addicted to Love
Movie title: Addicted to Love
Movie description: 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.
Date published: 2024-03-08
Director(s): Griffin Dunne
Actor(s): Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tchéky Karyo, Maureen Stapleton, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Remak Ramsay, Lee Wilkof, Dominick Dunne, Susan Forristal, Larry Pine, Debbon Ayer, Maurizio Benazzo, Paolo Calamari, Helmar Augustus Cooper, Tom Forrest, Shoshanna Gleich, Jacqueline Heinze, Mike Hodge, Daniel Dae Kim, Bill Kux, Steve McAuliff, Conrad McLaren, Bill Timoney, David Boston, Bob Bowersox, Jordan Nia Elizabeth, Martin Pfefferkorn
Genre: Comedy, Romance
My Review
The good: it was actually kind of interesting to see a pair of scorned former lovers watch their former lovers interact in real time. The bad: pretty much everything else. The movie tried to have it both ways in that it played up the dark and twisted plan to spy on other people while trying to develop the paint-by-numbers path of a traditional rom com. And it didn’t work on either level. Part of my problem with the film is probably how I see Broderick. He is a charismatic actor, but for some reason I don’t see him in rom coms. Maybe because he will always be a teenager in my head?
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My Review - 5/10
5/10