
Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life, Linda, leaves him for a suave Frenchman named Anton. 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, intent on winning her back and waiting until she decides to leave her current lover. What Sam does not count on is being joined several weeks later by ultra hip tomboy Maggie, a photographer and motor-c... (Full plot summary below)
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Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life, Linda, leaves him for a suave Frenchman named Anton. 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, intent on winning her back and waiting until she decides to leave her current lover. What Sam does not count on is being joined several weeks later by ultra hip tomboy Maggie, a photographer and motor-cyclist who is determined to get revenge on Anton, her ex-fiance. Hostile at first, the two of them eventually join forces in an attempt to separate the couple, and ruin Anton's life. However, complications ensue when Sam and Maggie start falling for each other.
Leave your thoughts about Addicted to Love.
| Washington PostStephen HunterMisanthropic, cruel, hostile, corrupt, blasphemous and basically pretty evil. I loved it. |
| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserRyan has an edge that is extremely becoming This is her best work yet. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaStalking does not sound like a viable basis for a romantic comedy, but director Griffin Dunne and screenwriter Robert Gordon have somehow made it work. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsJames SanfordIt looks like a typical box of Hollywood candy, but "Addicted To Love" is full of baker's chocolate. |
| CNN.comCarol BucklandThe main problem with this movie is that it wavers between touchy-feely sweetness and dark-hearted nastiness. Its indecisiveness of tone ends up undermining and unraveling the production. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaIt'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. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinKaryo -- a big star in France but little known in this country -- has Steve Martin's knack for keeping his dignity while doing outrageous slapstick. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovOne of the most inventive romantic comedies to come around in some while. |
| VarietyLeonard KladyWarm performances that result in hilarity without guilt. |
| Salon.comLaura MillerHas the same relationship to the dark emotions it glosses that Disneyland's Jungleboat Cruise ride has to an actual excursion down the Amazon. |