Film poster for Addicted to Love.

Addicted to Love is a 1997 romantic comedy film, directed by Griffin Dunne. It is intended to be a humorous love story. In reality, it is at some points dark comedy, full of bitterness and pain, and at selective others, it is the traditional, sweet romantic comedy for which Meg Ryan, who plays the part of Maggie, is known. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Romantic comedy films are a sub-genre of comedy films as well as of romance films. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Griffin Dunne (born June 8, 1955 in New York, New York) is an American actor. ... The term problem plays is applied to the three plays William Shakespeare wrote between the last of his pure comedies (Twelfth Night) and the first of his pure tragedies (Othello) They are Alls Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida. ... Romantic comedy films are a sub-genre of comedy films as well as of romance films. ... Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra on November 19, 1961 in Fairfield, Connecticut) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies, but has also worked in other film genres. ...

The story seems simple: Two pairs of lovers playing out a Comedy of errors, in which Maggie and Sam, Matthew Broderick's character, try several unethical and nasty tricks to break apart the envied union of their respective former partners, Anton and Linda, played by Tchéky Karyo and Kelly Preston. A comedy of errors is dramatic work (often a play) that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone, in which the action usually features a series of comic instances of mistaken identity, and which typically culminates in a happy resolution of the thematic conflict. ... Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as the title character in Ferris Buellers Day Off and as the adult voice of Simba in The Lion King. ... Tchéky Karyo as Dmitri Mishkin in the James Bond film Goldeneye. ... Kelly Preston talks with Navy family members at the USO holiday party at Rockwell Hall Gym on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va, December 3, 2005 Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis Preston-Travolta (born October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American Actress. ...

However, the film was crippled by very harsh reviews. Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert panned it as immature, implausible, and imbecilic, but still gave it two stars out of a possible five.[1] He did not go as far as the Los Angeles Times' Kevin Thomas, who called it creepy and said: New Chicago Sun-Times home located at 350 N. Orleans St. ... Roger Ebert (right) with Russ Meyer, 1970 Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is an Emmy Award-nominated American television personality, author, and film critic who began writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, every week since 1967. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ...

"It is exceedingly difficult to find what's funny in the calculated, obsessive, relentless destruction of Anton, especially when he proves to be the most likable and mature of all four of these people. Maybe Addicted to Love might work as a pitch-dark comedy, but in the way Robert Gordon has written it and Griffin Dunne directed it, it gives us the impression that we're supposed to take drastic, irrational revenge as a larky laff [sic] riot."[2]

The film did warn viewers that it would be darker than what Ryan and Broderick are usually associated with, using the taglines "A comedy about lost loves and last laughs" and "A comedy about two people who are getting off on getting even."[3] However, the film only managed to take $34,673,095 gross at the box office [4], several million less than either Ryan or Broderick's averages. This might suggest that mainstream America was still unprepared to hear sweetheart Ryan utter phrases like, "I don't wish him dead. But, should that occur, people die every day, why should he be any different?" Another surprisingly blunt line comes when Maggie tells Sam, "The only way she's coming back to you is if a blast of semen propels her out the window and across the street." Robert Gordon (1668-1731) was born in Aberdeen. ... Griffin Dunne (born June 8, 1955 in New York, New York) is an American actor. ...

The 101 minute film, marking actor Griffin Dunne's directorial debut, was released on May 23, one week before the highly competitive Memorial Day weekend in the United States. This suggests that Miramax might have thought it could hold its own going into the relatively light-weight summer of 1997. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (most recently observed May 29, 2006). ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ...

While the majority of the filming took place where it was set, in the Greenwich Village area of New York City, some shooting was done in Centreville, Delaware and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also called simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area  Ranked 49th  - Total 2,491 sq mi (6,452 km²)  - Width 30 miles (48 km)  - Length 100 miles (161 km)  - % water 21. ... Swarthmore is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ...

Trivia

The movie's title is based on Robert Palmer's song "Addicted to Love". The Riptide album was Palmers best selling work. ...

External links

• Addicted to Love at the Internet Movie Database