Addicted to Love
Published January 25, 2025
Film info
- Title Addicted to Love
- Director Griffin Dunne
- Year 1997
- Run time 1hr 40m
- Genres Comedy, Romance
- Tagline A comedy about lost loves and last laughs
A small-town astronomer travels to New York in the hope of winning back the love of his life, but ends up joining forces with the ex-lover of his girl's new boyfriend. Together, they hatch a variety of spiteful schemes before finally realising that love may be closer than they thought.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:02 | Was going to say that’s a bit creepy but she’s aware of the stalking. |
| 5:02 | Hmm, not sure I’d want a massive welcome home sign like that. |
| 10:04 | It’s a good job this place is abandoned, he’s making so much noise. |
| 15:51 | “I don’t even have a chart for that.” |
| 17:35 | NO way does hair look that good after taking off a helmet. |
| 29:51 | “I think we took a little detour from the plan there.” |
| 39:47 | Drunk breaking and entering is fun. |
| 50:17 | How are they coming up with these plans? So inventive. |
| 1:03:31 | What is vanilla custard, it sounds gross. |
| 1:08:13 | “Who cares what it looks like? She’s not thinking straight.” She would question him suddenly appearing though, surely. |
| 1:20:23 | Things really have fallen apart for him so quickly. |
| 1:35:43 | Lassie as a reconciliation speech is a new one. |
Thoughts
Well, what can I say about this film? On the one hand, it is traditional 90s rom-com territory. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy tries to get girl back, boy founds out he’s actually been in love with the other girl the whole time. But then, things kind of go off the rails a bit. Everyone in this film is slightly unhinged, and the revenge lengths our pair go to seem very over the top considering the crime committed.
And then on the other hand again, Meg Ryan is brilliant in this, fiery and furious, completely gorgeous and having excellent sparky conversations with Matthew Broderick (who does dweeby love interest as well as ever). None of it makes any sense, but somehow I still liked it.
Rating: 3 / 5