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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughThings bottom out when Zoe not only hooks up with another lover (there is not an ounce of body fat in this movie), but also misses her son’s soccer game. And up until then we were all having a good time.
- 42The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAddicted is basically a social-issue melodrama that, minus some curse words, thrusting, and frequent side nudity, could have emerged sometime in the ’50s.
- 40VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireThe sudsy quality of the production ensures all the performers look terrific, but aren’t given particularly impressive material to work with.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe film unfortunately depicts black female sexuality, a topic rarely portrayed onscreen, with all the depth and subtlety of a late night Cinemax offering.
- 38RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAddicted is supposed to be erotica, so perhaps thinking about it too much is unfair, but the film is so uneven (it's both hot and preachy), as well as way too long, that thinking becomes inevitable.
- 37Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanWatching Addicted is like eating Cheese Whiz straight from the jar. There’s no nutritional value. It’s kind of embarrassing. But it does satisfy a base craving for cheap, immediate sensation.
- 30TheWrapJames RocchiTheWrapJames RocchiThe material swings between the sensual and the puritanical with whiplash-inducing speed; the dialogue all too often has the flat, dead sound of a first draft.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAddicted doesn’t know whether it wants to be a modern-day bodice-ripper, a morality-tinged cautionary tale or a serious snapshot of sexual compulsion. Whatever the case, it fails on all fronts.
- 30The New York TimesNicole HerringtonThe New York TimesNicole HerringtonThe actors are uniformly handsome and mostly serviceable, though the same can’t be said about the filmmaking or the writing.