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Summary: nice revenge, but was slow.
Review: A good revenge romantic movie. I enjoyed watching Meg Ryan glowing again in new role: riding Motorcycle, taking revenge on ex-French boyfriend. Matthew Broderick despite being "cold, no feelings" did great. It was fun, humorous to watch a creative way of spying on very much wanted ex, painting the front huge window as a movie theatre screen, with all those technical devices. The end was interesting and satisfying. They were absolutely "addicted to love". However it was slow in some parts, so it is merely a good movie to watch once.
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Summary: A Great Comedy!!!
Review: A sweet, romantic comedy. It just keeps getting better as it unrolls! Ryan is especially good and comical in her role. There are no minuses to this film!
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Summary: Addicted to Revenge
Review: ADDICTED TO LOVE is fairly entertaining and if one has experienced love lost as what is demonstrated in this film, it is a flat out funny revenge flick. Some have called it too dark to be a romantic comedy and that the two leads Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick were miscast. Also, stereotypically, a Frenchman is used as a villianous girl-stealing cad (i.e. UNFAITHFUL). Sam(Broderick)is a New England astonomer whose girlfriend Linda,(Kelly Preston) goes to New York City for a new teaching job and sends him a "dear John" letter. Frantic, he heads to New York City and ends up occupying an abandoned loft across the street from her apartment to spy on her and her new boyfriend Anton Depeaux (Tchéky Karyo), a French restaurateur. Sam uses his knowledge of Astronomy equipment to project the activity of Linda's apartment onto a wall in the abandoned loft. Maggie (Ryan) who is the jilted girlfriend of Anton, uncovers and crashes Sam's stakeout, moves in to the loft and adds sound to his pictures with sound surveillance equipment. At first they don't know what to make of each other, but when they find out they have a common goal, they form an alliance. Then they plot (successfully) schemes to discredit Anton. Not much or nothing at all is done to Linda. A hilarious sequence early on is when Sam uses his skills as an astronomer to record and chart the habits and quirks of the relationship between Linda and Anton to predict their eventual breakup. This was clever but short lived because it never happens. Each scheme brings Anton and Linda closer together to the frustration of Sam and Maggie who in turn become closer to each other and eventually they fall in love. Also, one scheme is lifted from VICTOR/VICTORIA (the old cockroach-in-the-restaurant-causing-mass-hysteria trick). Director Griffin Dunne (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON)who is known for quirky roles was perfect for the material and perhaps this film could have been directed by someone like Ben Stiller. The casting of Broderick and Ryan playing against type makes the film interesting. They have made a career of playing likeable people so one can suspend disbelief and sympathize with their characters, no matter how destructive their revenge plots are. Overall, a film saved by the onscreen chemistry and personas of Broderick and Ryan that overtakes the dark undertones of a so-called romantic film.
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Summary: 2 maybe 3 stars. 4th may 2004.
Review: Although it looks quite good by looking at the box, it isn't one of my best movies. I would say i enjoyed this film as little as babe2, even though they are comletely different. It is one of them slow movies about a woman[kelly preston] who dosen't really act in it much, and she goes away leaving her love of her life behind. He makes a friend[meg ryan]and i think he falls in love with her[must admit haven't seen it all the way through]but it is sooooooo borin if you don't like meg ryan. Like me.
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Summary: Four stars for the movie, not the DVD
Review: First of all, Meg Ryan is the ebodiment of every acknowledged id out there. Who wouldn't want the chance to get even with the man who scorned you? Matthew Broderick, obsessed with his lost love, happens to cross Meg's path in the process, and the two become unlikely allies.Dark, funny and sweet all at the same time, Addicted to Love is a romantic, if strangely endearing film. Unfortunately, can't say the same for the DVD. Zero special features. Sure, you get scene selection and interactive menus, but what doesn't have that? I bought mine used, but the point is I bought it. Don't overpay, but buy it cheap, and you'll be glad you got it.
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Summary: Addicted to Revenge
Review: Here comes a romantic comedy like no other. Matthew Broderick plays Sam AKA The Milky Way Man who is deeply in love with his girlfriend, Linda ( Kelly Preston ). Linda goes off and dumps him for the Ooh La La French guy without warning. Sam sets up a creepy stalk shop across from the apartment Linda and the French guy are shacking up in. He plans to write down their every move and he does very impressively. He turns the little flat across from them into a fortress where he can watch them eat, sleep and whatever else they do that their hearts desire. While Sam has shaped a masterplan to expose the French guy and win Linda back, Maggie ( Meg Ryan ) shows up on her motorcycle. Sam's seen this stranger around town but assumed he was being followed my some weird guy. Maggie has a mission of her own and it beats Sam's hands down. Maggie is just as obsessed with the French guy ( who dumped her until he got a greencard ) as Sam is with Linda.
The difference is that Maggie goes to the biggest extreme to get what she wants. Maggie is the 90's woman to the T. She's stylish, sexy and loves to make men's lives miserable. Realizing he can't get rid of her, Sam allows Maggie to help with his plan. They began watching Linda and the French guy together. They create a crowd of funny " accidents " hoping it would get Linda to dump the French guy. By the time their antics work, Maggie has fallen for Sam. Linda breaks up with the French guy. Sam rushes off to consol her. It only takes a day for him to realize how tired he's grown of her entire being. What starts off as a very original idea turns into a predictable ending, but that's to be understood. Sam and Maggie were supposed to end up together and the film is pleasing enough despite tired cliches. At times I was confused. This was the weirdest comedy I'd ever seen. The humor relied on Sam and Maggie's antics but in a drama it would have been an incredibly creepy stalking film. At times Griffin Dunne ( the director ) took their antics to a level too dark for comedy. It was actually quite uneasy to watch Sam salivating over Linda's every move. It took the sneaky one-liners from Meg Ryan to remind you it was all in fun. The acting was realistic. Matthew Broderick was pleasant though too laid back for his character. Sam should have had a level of intensity to show off his desperation. Meg Ryan was the perfect Maggie. Kelly Preston once again got on my nerves playing the same ( woman of your dreams ) role she always plays. Can't this woman venture out? This is a funny film. It will really be likeable if you're a Matthew Broderick fan. At times he gets very dry but Meg holds things together. This film is full of funny scenes. My favorite was the cockroaches in the reastaurant. A man actually eats one! If strange quirkness is up your alley, this is one film you can't afford to miss.
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Summary: Entertaining yet mildly weird and predictable
Review: Here comes a romantic comedy like no other. Matthew Broderick plays Sam AKA The Milky Way Man who is deeply in love with his girlfriend, Linda ( Kelly Preston ). Linda goes off and dumps him for the Ooh La La French guy without warning. Sam sets up a creepy stalk shop across from the apartment Linda and the French guy are shacking up in. He plans to write down their every move and he does very impressively. He turns the little flat across from them into a fortress where he can watch them eat, sleep and whatever else they do that their hearts desire. While Sam has shaped a masterplan to expose the French guy and win Linda back, Maggie ( Meg Ryan ) shows up on her motorcycle. Sam's seen this stranger around town but assumed he was being followed my some weird guy. Maggie has a mission of her own and it beats Sam's hands down. Maggie is just as obsessed with the French guy ( who dumped her until he got a greencard ) as Sam is with Linda.
The difference is that Maggie goes to the biggest extreme to get what she wants. Maggie is the 90's woman to the T. She's stylish, sexy and loves to make men's lives miserable. Realizing he can't get rid of her, Sam allows Maggie to help with his plan. They began watching Linda and the French guy together. They create a crowd of funny " accidents " hoping it would get Linda to dump the French guy. By the time their antics work, Maggie has fallen for Sam. Linda breaks up with the French guy. Sam rushes off to consol her. It only takes a day for him to realize how tired he's grown of her entire being. What starts off as a very original idea turns into a predictable ending, but that's to be understood. Sam and Maggie were supposed to end up together and the film is pleasing enough despite tired cliches. At times I was confused. This was the weirdest comedy I'd ever seen. The humor relied on Sam and Maggie's antics but in a drama it would have been an incredibly creepy stalking film. At times Griffin Dunne ( the director ) took their antics to a level too dark for comedy. It was actually quite uneasy to watch Sam salivating over Linda's every move. It took the sneaky one-liners from Meg Ryan to remind you it was all in fun. The acting was realistic. Matthew Broderick was pleasant though too laid back for his character. Sam should have had a level of intensity to show off his desperation. Meg Ryan was the perfect Maggie. Kelly Preston once again got on my nerves playing the same ( woman of your dreams ) role she always plays. Can't this woman venture out? This is a funny film. It will really be likeable if you're a Matthew Broderick fan. At times he gets very dry but Meg holds things together. This film is full of funny scenes. My favorite was the cockroaches in the reastaurant. A man actually eats one! If strange quirkness is up your alley, this is one film you can't afford to miss.
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Summary: Good grief, why don't they get a life?
Review: Here you have two neurotic (bordering on psycho) characters who are set in destroying the life of their formers lovers, who abandoned them (for good reasons,it seems). I think I'd find something more amusing and productive to do whit my free time...like watching some REALLY entertaining movie.
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Summary: Deeply disappointing
Review: I bought this DVD in the UK because it was cheap... and because it had one of my favorite actors, Matthew Broderick, in it. What a pile of PANTS! Basically, Broderick's boring golden-girl of a mate, Kelly Preston, goes off to New York on a teaching stint and instead of coming back to him, sends a Dear John letter through her father. Of course, you can tell what happens next....Broderick rushes to New York and starts spying on his girlfriend and her new French lover... This is not a great film...the cast is awkward and lopsided, the plot is ridiculous, and the dialogue not zingy enough to even merit a second viewing. Two thumbs down.
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Summary: This movie is brain dead.
Review: I don't know if I've ever in my life enjoyed a movie less than this one. It's slow-witted and vulgar at the same time - not a single character is likeable, and not a single scene is believeable. By the end of it, I didn't care if they got together or not. The only reason I really care about this movie being so bad is that it's such a waste of two talented people. Meg Ryan is a terrific actress who has done countless better movies. Matthew Broderick is a capable actor and can certainly do much better than this nonsense. Don't waste your time with this movie, folks.
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