It's a tribute to Robert Gordon's nifty screenplay and Dunne's cheerful way with digression that Addicted to Love, even as it broadens into screwball, also deepens into a character study full of surprising left turns.
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
One of the most inventive romantic comedies to come around in some while.
60
EmpireAngie Errigo
EmpireAngie Errigo
Ryan and Broderick, while individually first-rate, don't combine as sexily as they ought, making the inevitable outcome a little too pat in an otherwise genre-bucking affair.
60
Salon
Salon
Has the same relationship to the dark emotions it glosses that Disneyland's Jungleboat Cruise ride has to an actual excursion down the Amazon.
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Ryan's abrasive and rather creepy character is something of a departure for her.
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It is always a problem in a love story when the rival seems more interesting than the hero, and that's what happens here.
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The story is as contrived as it is comical.
33
Entertainment WeeklyBruce Fretts
Entertainment WeeklyBruce Fretts
Commits the cardinal sin of too many modern movies: It never gives the audience a clue why any of these people were ever attracted to one another in the first place. [30 May 1997, p. 54]