Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

mariadharris-40828 I read the book years ago. I recently heard that it was made into a movie and felt that I HAD to see it. I re-read the book (in 2 days) and watched the movie the following day so that all the details were fresh in my head.The movie is similar to the book but not enough like it. In the book she had 3 kids, and put her family above all, whereas in the Movie she only had 2 children which she neglected regularly. And her business did NOT struggle in the book, when she did go through hard time, she always appointed someone to handle things. She mentioned several times in the book how she needed to go home and cook dinner for her family, but in the movie she couldn't even make it to sports games?? They also skipped all the drama with her lovers ex girlfriend and what happened to her romantic fling with the female. They also completely eliminated their entire childhood story which was like 10 chapters in the book. Their childhood was part of what makes you fall in love with the characters.In addition, her Best Friend Brina was a Train Wreck in the book but was holding her down in the Movie and you couldn't really tell that she was her Best friend. We only know that because Brina stated it in conversation. They never did anything together in the movie. With that being said, there was No Brina Drama either. And for ANYONE who read the book, you know that is a big deal.The last thing I will say is that, in the movie they turned her into a scared women. In the book she was so edgy and ready to (smack a hoe), at the drop of a dime. She had one heck of a temper in the book. Yelp, not in the movie.All in All, I hated the movie because I know what it SHOULD have been like. If I had not read the book than I guess it would have been OK (6/10), but still not great.

LadyAnn Graham-Gilreath Since I am an Addiction Psychologist Specialist, in training, I was forced to watch this all the way through. This is actually one case scenario I have not yet battled with any client. But I do understand the therapist in this movie and how she used addiction lingo to get her message across to her client. She got it across to me as well. As a therapist, this is a case that you would use psychoanalytic theory to get at the harbored suppressed past, and I think they actually portrayed the addiction very well. I did feel very sorry for her husband (handsome husband) who is faithful and has this kind of woman for a wife...but love does conquer all. It is not so easy in real life but the message was real and there for anyone who really is looking! Thankyou, LadyAnn68

haynesent *CONTAINS SPOILERS* The movie failed to live up to its promise.I've never seen 50 Shade of Gray, but I've seen its box office results and I've seen its higher score.As a black film goer, I wondered if "Addicted's" lack of box office success had anything to do with the fact that the protagonist was black and not white. After watching the film, it turned out that the film just didn't fulfill its potential, its promise. It had little to do with color.It's difficult making the movie you want. So much goes into it and so many unexpected curveballs. The main thing that stuck out to me: 1. As another reviewer stated, this could have been entitled "Insatiable" instead of "Addicted" There is a difference.2. Sex scenes are fine if they drive the story forward, showing her addiction. As with most addicts, there's deep pain and guilt after the act. The high only last so long and then the addict has to get their fix again. I didn't see that. I didn't see her suffering any pain, any remorse, any suffering from her addiction. On the contrast, my perspective was she was happy and content with her sexual escapades and this makes her seem more of an 'insatiable' woman versus a woman with an addiction.3. The husband is pretty clueless. Yes he works many hours as she does, but we should have seen a spark of suspicion that would later grow into a raging inferno. The opportunity to build suspense here was missed in a big way. The other thing of note is that she misses her son's soccer game after she promised him she would be there. The husband shows no empathy towards his child nor does he question her on how she could miss such an important event. Not believable.4.Going back to the sex scenes, I'm not big on them, but if you have a story dealing with sex, you need them. Problem here, they were pretty basic. Scene with masturbation was interesting...and that where it pretty much ended. The scenes were basic Sex 101. Nothing inventive. I didn't feel her addiction. An implied threesome would have been interesting...different locations....an alley, on a train, a scene with her children's teacher or a guy stranded on the side of the road. Her choices were safe. Addicts put themselves in danger. I got no sense of danger.5. How could Zoe not take a call from a big time investor or potential influential partner is baffling. We have to assume it was because of her addiction and probably the filmmakers were betting that we would make that assumption but the lack of the filmmakers effort to at least try was disappointing. Then Zoe misses a meeting with that same big time investor is baffling....but with the proper setup or scene to show why would have make it more believable so consequently it seems ridiculous that she would miss such an importing meeting.6. Husband shows up just in time to save the day. Near the end of the film where one of her lovers goes crazy when she wants to end it, her husband miraculously shows up to save her. Also, the fact that the lover goes crazy came out of nowhere. Didn't see it coming. Again, setup was poor.7. She gets back together with her husband...despite all the flaws mentioned, I actually bought this...partly because this part of the film was structured better. You see the husband go through a progression discovery, rejection, pain, understanding and acceptance. You do get a sense that he is more understanding of Zoe's addiction. 8. For me the acting was solid. Other reviewers might have been so disgusted with the film, everything was just bad. I wouldn't say that. To be fair, the actors did well. No problem there. Dialogue was okay, but the biggest problem the film suffered from was it's structure.

Sandra Ballard I love movies and never walk out. I walked out of this one after sitting through a painful 40 minutes or so. It is hideously awful in every way: terrible script (written by idiotic middle school kids?), god-awful, idiotic acting and directing. It was boring to boot, even though it was supposed to be about sex addiction, and it was supposed to have beautiful people in it. It wasn't even good as porn. Actual porn is far better, even as non-porn, than this. The leading actress was not beautiful, or believable in any way. None of the actors had any credibility nor did they rescue any part of the incomprehensibly stupid script so as to make any moment seem even vaguely possible or real. Was everyone associated with this "film" a complete idiot with an IQ below 80?