This is a 90's movie that unfortunately slipped through my grasp for quite some time. Addicted to Love was made in 1997, starring Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick. I will be the first to admit that Broderick is not my favorite actor out there, but he and Meg Ryan come together to make quite the wonderful odd pair. Sam (Matthew Broderick) is heart broken after his home-town sweetheart/ fiance Linda (Kelley Preston) leaves him in search of adventure and excitement in the big city. He runs after her in desperation, convinced that she will welcome him back into her heart. Instead he finds Linda in the lavish apartment of a distinguished French chef named Anton (Tcheky Karyo). He spends night and day spying on Linda and the man she seems lustfully now in love with, from an abandoned building across the street. This is where he runs into Maggie (Meg Ryan). Maggie turns out to be this Anton's vengeful ex-girlfriend. Even though they can hardly stand each other... the two pair up to sabotage Linda and Anton's love fest. Sam takes care of the technical responsibilities while Maggie does the scheming.
About mid-way through the movie I realized that it mirrored one of my favorite Meg Ryan movies of all time... French Kiss, made only two years previous. While in my opinion, Matthew Broderick is no Kevin Kline, I feel like Addicted to Love is a pleasant reminder of French Kiss in a gender reverse. One person in the relationship leaves for more excitement and the other one chases after with a plan to win them back. While French Kiss is still my favorite I would highly recommend Addicted to Love to anyone who enjoys and good humorous love story.
I've been a fan of Addicted To Love ever since it was released, mind you I love all those late 80's/1990's Meg Ryan movies.
ReplyDeleteIt's great fun watching Meg turn her "America's Sweetheart" image on its head in this film, I really dig her wardrobe, hair and make-up, although as you rightly point out Meg's character Maggie is so charismatic she really overshadows straight man Broderick!
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