Expected more

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

*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.

I don't understand the bad reviews. At the end of the day the movie is based off a disorder that is not openly discussed to society. Therefore, the movie was need for those who are dealing with this issue and need help. Now yes somethings could've been different but the producers, directors, actors, etc did their best give them credit. Also the movie being a porn is a LIE! First it's a bout sex addiction duh it's going to be sex involved and if it's a problem do not let children watch it. It's a bigger picture and clearly some people can't see it because they are closed minded. More people need to be educated and learn how it deal with situations like this.

Wow where to begin..everything about this movie is horrible, I suffered for 40 minutes through this drivel in the hopes the lead actress (Sharon Leal) would do some of her old 'Boston Public' magic and make the film worth watching, however all she did was drag an already drowning film under.From the outset the film looks feels and sounds like a daytime soap opera, the acting is so bad I felt embarrassed for the actors. I Don't know if the producers of this crap live in the real world, but in my version psychologists do not have sessions that run all day and into the wee hours of the night....what the hell?, and since when do supposed 'successful artists' drive beat up old 68 Chev's with the paint literally peeling off?....Believe me there is NOTHING in this movie worth taking seriously.What a shame Sharon Leal couldn't find something to actually bring her back into the light, instead of having the lights turned off and the door slammed shut.Terrible, just terrible.

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?