Addicted to Love (1997)

A Comedy About Lost Loves And Last Laughs

Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life leaves him for a suave Frenchman. 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, wait until she decides to leave her current lover, and then win her back.

Directed by: Griffin Dunne

Written by: Robert Gordon

Music by: Rachel Portman

Starring: Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tchéky Karyo, Maureen Stapleton, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Remak Ramsay, Lee Wilkof, Dominick Dunne, Susan Forristal

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Released: 1997-05-23

Runtime: 100 minutes

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Addicted to Love (1997): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• The film, marking actor Griffin Dunne's full-length directorial debut, was released on May 23, one week before the highly competitive Memorial Day weekend in the United States.
• 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 riot.
• Addicted to Love was released by Warner Bros. on May 23, 1997 and grossed $34.7 million.

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