Addicted to Love Page #6

Synopsis: Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life, Linda, leaves him for a suave Frenchman named Anton. 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, intent on winning her back and waiting until she decides to leave her current lover. What Sam does not count on is being joined several weeks later by ultra hip tomboy Maggie, a photographer and motor-cyclist who is determined to get revenge on Anton, her ex-fiance. Hostile at first, the two of them eventually join forces in an attempt to separate the couple, and ruin Anton's life. However, complications ensue when Sam and Maggie start falling for each other.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Griffin Dunne
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
R
Year:
1997
100 min
834 Views


Get this straight, pal. I'm not like you.

I don't care what you're going through.

If I thought you and I were alike|in the most trivial way...

...I would tie a rope around my neck.

I'm sorry.

Last night wasn't us, Maggie.

I know. I'm glad you know.

Maybe we should just,|I don't know, call it a day.

You know what's going to happen to her,|Sam?

He's going to make her feel|like she's the only woman in the world.

When he looks at her,|it'll be just like a kid...

...looks at a Christmas tree|all lit up and shiny.

For the first time,|she'll feel like she's really been seen...

...and really loved.

And then...

...and then three weeks later...

...she'll find a pair of panties in the couch.

Then she'll learn that she was|just a steppingstone.

That he was just using her to get a visa.

It'll change her, Sam.

I understand.

You know what's always bothered me?

I can't see the side of her face.

I can never see the left side of her face...

...When she's standing here|in the kitchen...

...because of these things in the window.

So help me move this over a little bit.

Good?

A little more.

Good.

What?

I saw the sign about the job.

I don't want a half salt shaker on the table.

You go and refill it immediately.

Pardon.

ll faut tout leur apprendre!

Nothing here for you. Go.

Why?

Do I need a reason in my own restaurant?

Of course not.

I don't like your face, that's why.

Just go.

Wait.

Why did you do that?

Why did I do what?

The flowers.|Why did you move it like that?

I wanted them to be|in the middle of the table.

Why?

Because it was...

...it was just something that I had to do.

Perhaps at heart you seek perfection, no?

Yes, perhaps I do.

Almost done?

Almost.

Good work.

Why don't you stop for a moment?

I know who you are.

It took me a little while, but I figure it out.

Dry off your hands.

It was you who attacked me that day.

Couldn't see your eyes,|but I don't forget a face.

You didn't put an address down|on your application.

You are homeless, aren't you?

That's OK. Don't be ashamed.

You know, I was hungry myself once.

I would see a rich man, a man I envied...

...I would want to strangle him.

But that's not the way I found.

You must better yourself.

Don't be ashamed.

Give me your hand. Come on.

I like a man who fights for what he wants.

But if you ever mess with me again...

...I'll rip out your eyes and rape your skull.

Excuse my French.

Was a good punch, huh?

Solid.

It was nice.

So you did all his dishes|and got punched in the face.

What was your thinking there?

I'm missing something.|What was your plan?

No plan. I just wanted to face him.

I wanted to be|in the same room with him...

...to talk to him.

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Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon is an American screenwriter and producer. His writing credits consist of Addicted to Love (1997), Galaxy Quest (1999), Men in Black II (2002), and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). He also was an associate producer on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004). more…

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