Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Meg RyanMaggie
- Matthew BroderickSam
- Kelly PrestonLinda
- Tchéky KaryoAnton
- Maureen StapletonNana
- Nesbitt BlaisdellEd Green
- Remak RamsayProfessor Wells
- Lee WilkofCarl
- Dominick DunneMatheson
- Susan ForristalCecile
Recommendations
- 75
ReelViews
A deliciously nasty, dark comedy. - 70
L.A. Weekly
It's a tribute to Robert Gordon's nifty screenplay and Dunne's cheerful way with digression that Addicted to Love, even as it broadens into screwball, also deepens into a character study full of surprising left turns. - 67
Austin Chronicle
One of the most inventive romantic comedies to come around in some while. - 60
Empire
Ryan and Broderick, while individually first-rate, don't combine as sexily as they ought, making the inevitable outcome a little too pat in an otherwise genre-bucking affair. - 60
Salon
Has the same relationship to the dark emotions it glosses that Disneyland's Jungleboat Cruise ride has to an actual excursion down the Amazon. - 50
Chicago Reader
Ryan's abrasive and rather creepy character is something of a departure for her. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
It is always a problem in a love story when the rival seems more interesting than the hero, and that's what happens here. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The story is as contrived as it is comical.
