Addicted (2014)
Addicted is a 2014 drama movie directed by Bille Woodruff, with a running time of 1h 45m. It stars Sharon Leal, Boris Kodjoe and John Newberg.
Zoe Reynard has the life she wanted: a thriving art gallery, a devoted husband, two children. Then a charismatic painter walks into her world, and a single indiscretion hardens into a compulsion she cannot govern. Directed by Bille Woodruff from Zane's bestselling novel, this erotic thriller follows a successful woman's double life as desire curdles into danger. Sharon Leal plays Zoe with a mix of poise and unraveling nerve, opposite Boris Kodjoe and William Levy. The film leans into steamy melodrama and the mounting cost of a secret that refuses to stay hidden.
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What is Addicted about?
Zoe Reynard has the life she wanted: a thriving art gallery, a devoted husband, two children. Then a charismatic painter walks into her world, and a single indiscretion hardens into a compulsion she cannot govern. Directed by Bille Woodruff from Zane's bestselling novel, this erotic thriller follows a successful woman's double life as desire curdles into danger. Sharon Leal plays Zoe with a mix of poise and unraveling nerve, opposite Boris Kodjoe and William Levy. The film leans into steamy melodrama and the mounting cost of a secret that refuses to stay hidden.
When was Addicted released?
Addicted was released on 10 October 2014.
How long is Addicted?
Addicted runs 1h 45m.
Who made Addicted?
Addicted was directed by Bille Woodruff.
Where can I watch Addicted?
Addicted is available on STARZ (Via Amazon Prime), The CW, The Roku Channel, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Addicted
Stream: STARZ (Via Amazon Prime)
Watch free: The CW, The Roku Channel
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Buy: Fandango at Home, Google Play
Cast
- Sharon Leal as Zoe Reynard
- Boris Kodjoe as Jason Reynard
- John Newberg as Balthazar Crayne
- Brandon Gonzales as Tony
- Cameron Mills as 10-year-old Zoe
- Emayatzy Corinealdi as Brina
- Garrett Hines as Benny
- Hunter Burke as Shane
- Kat Graham as Diamond
- Maria Howell as Nina
- Omer Mughal as Handsome Man
- Tasha Smith as Marcella
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A few thoughts on Addicted
Readers who want the source can go straight to Zane's novel Addicted, which pushes the eroticism and interior stakes further than the screen version dares. For the same territory of glossy obsession and marital risk, E.L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey trades in similar heat and consequence. The pull in both is temptation dressed up as escape, and the slow dread of realizing it owns you.
Erotic thrillers about a secret compulsion that threatens everything
Addicted turns Zoe Reynard's stable life into collateral damage once a single indiscretion becomes a compulsion she cannot break. These films sit in the same charged territory: Eyes Wide Shut and Nymphomaniac trace desire past the point of control, while Shame and The Voyeurs and Some Velvet Morning turn watching and wanting into their own kind of danger.
Marriages that quietly come apart because of one affair
Zoe's husband and children are the collateral in Addicted, and these films sit in the same wreckage: Damage follows an affair that consumes a family from within, Casino watches Ginger's infidelity corrode a marriage built on money and control, and Crash and Auto Focus and Foolish Wives each trace how a private compulsion becomes public ruin.
Books where a scandalous affair sits at the center of the story
Addicted is adapted from Zane's bestseller about desire that will not stay hidden, and these books share that engine. Fifty Shades of Grey makes a secret arrangement its whole plot, Mata Hari traded seduction for survival as a real wartime spy, The Crucible lets one affair ignite a town's hysteria, and Crooked House builds its mystery around a family already unsettled by a scandalous affair.