Addicted to Love is a romantic comedy featuring two extremely amiable stars. Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick are both competent, inoffensive stars, who (generally) make competent inoffensive movies.
Sam (Matthew Broderick) is an astronomer whose girlfriend Linda(Kelly Preston) goes to New York to teach and decides to stay, dumping him in the process. Naturally, he goes to see her only to hear a man's voice coming from inside her hotel room. He decides to stay and observe her and her new man Anton (Tcheky Karyo), and takes up residence in the abandoned building opposite their apartment. During the first few days, he encounters Maggie (Meg Ryan), who it turns out, was engaged to Anton.
Maggie and Sam team up to try and split up the happy couple, doing whatever it takes. Sam is obsessed with winning Linda back and Maggie wants Anton humiliated and destroyed.
If you have ever seen a romantic comedy then you'll know exactly what happens in the end, but I won't spoil it for those who can't guess.
This film is no "When Harry Met Sally" but it is a nice film. It's is amusing without being fall-on-the-floor hilarious and it is sweet without being too sickly.
Meg Ryan is gorgeous and as good as she always is. Matthew Broderick is funny and charming and Tcheky Karyo is really rather good as the character we hate and then feel sorry for.
All in all it's a really nice film and perfect for watching with the one you love.
DVD Extras Cast and Crew biographies for Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tcheky Karyo, Maureen Stapleton, Rachel Portman (Music), Andrew Dunn (Director of Photography), Robert Gordon (Writer) and Griffin Dunne (Director) Behind the Scenes (words), something on Camera Obscura (a history of a central technique to the film) and the Theatrical trailer.
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I bought the DVD of this film. The biggest downside is that, visually, its so dark. I dont know if that makes sense, I just think films shot in the sun are so much better to watch! maybe i have seasonal affective disorder!
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