Addicted is a story of sexual addiction. Or so, that’s what the filmmakers suggest. A husband and wife with two kids and a sweet old grandmother. The perfect family, except the wife wants more in the bedroom. Or so the filmmakers suggest…

Story: I had a lot of trouble with this story. It misses the mark in so many areas, I just don’t know where to begin…

The wife says she’s a sex addict, but, she’s in regular relationships with 3 men, not having random sex with whomever or having one night stands. I know single, modern women who call that dating. She’s married, so, its not dating, it’s cheating and that’s bad, but it seems more like destructive behavior based on something emotional, not physical. I’m no therapist, but, I was not convinced.

Also, it doesn’t appear that she tried to explain to her husband what she wanted. They have two passing conversations about having more adventurous sex and that’s it. She suggests to her husband they see a counselor, but, even I thought that was premature. They were still having sex – she hadn’t convinced him there was something wrong…

And how was she slipping out every night without her husband noticing right away? And where was he EVERY night? Working EVERY night? Too many holes in the story..

Performances: No Oscar performances here. In fact, most of the characters seemed light. The only exceptions that displayed any sparkle at all were the wife’s assistant at work and her first lover played by William Levy. I was surprised that William Levy is a decent actor at all – didn’t expect that.

Tasha Smith as her therapist is really bad. Mis-cast for sure – Tasha Smith is a much bigger personality than what we see in this film. Neither Boris Kojoe nor Tyson Beckford make much of an impact with their characters.

Visual: The main character/wife is an art agent. Her wardrobe is trying too hard to be artistic and edgy. It’s disturbing more than anything. The continuity is off in several scenes as well – there’s no way some clues could have been missed.

Also, this is a film about sex. But, it seems to be trying too hard to be about sex. Sometimes, isn’t sexual addiction not about sex and certainly not sexy and romantic? This is a visual I think I could have skipped…

Rating: D. This is not a great film. In the above, I described several things as, “Trying too hard.” That’s the sentiment that best describes this film – everything about it seemed to be, “Trying too hard.” Too many things are assumed and other things that are perfect for the moment were missed. The issue is important, but, the interpretation and presentation in this film doesn’t do it justice.

Consider missing this film. I feel like I left with nothing… I’m curious to see what other people think about this film… tell me…