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The Lonely Guy Details

1983 Certificate 15
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This comedy tale follows the comic progress of Larry and his friend Warren as they attempt to eke out a successful social life in the Big Apple. They're losers, until one day Larry writes a book that turns loneliness into the ultimate love potion. Life is never quite the same again! Read more

Starring Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence
Director Arthur Hiller
Genres Comedy

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The Lonely Guy

This comedy tale follows the comic progress of Larry and his friend Warren as they attempt to eke out a successful social life in the Big Apple. They're losers, until one day Larry writes a book that turns loneliness into the ultimate love potion. Life is never quite the same again!

Starring Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence, Robyn Douglass
Director Arthur Hiller
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 08 Aug 2005
Production year: 1983
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (2) of The Lonely Guy

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    After the dazzling invention of his collaborations with Carl Reiner, particularly The Man with Two Brains, this film provided a marked and slightly awkward change of pace for Steve Martin. After he finds his girlfriend in bed with another man, Martin is escorted through the rather sad world of the “lonely guy” by a sympathetic Charles Grodin; Judith Ivey is the woman who offers him the chance of escape. It's slickly directed by Arthur Hiller and there are some genuinely funny passages. However, Martin is strangely subdued and the film is stolen from under his nose by the ever-excellent Grodin. Based on the novel The Lonely Guy's Book of Life by Bruce Jay Friedman.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Glossy but heavy-handed comedy, attempting satire but not succeeding in its aim.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Martin Impresses In Woody Allen-Esque Comedy

    Steve Martin - king of hot and cold. Even in the golden age of his career, for every 'Man With Two Brains' or 'The Jerk', there was an 'All Of Me' just around the corner.

    While perhaps not as funny or as polished as either 'Jerk' or 'TMWTB', The Lonely Guy certainly has enough going for it to be counted in the former category. It manages to couple being funny and romantic with genuine originality - and perhaps more surprisingly, takes a leaf out of Woody Allen's 'Annie Hall' with some amusing first person narration and relation to the camera.

    The Lonely Guy is no classic, but it is smart, funny and entertaining. And more impressively, it still manages to hold relevance for lonely guys out there 22 years on...

      • David Levy from Totteridge, London
      • Posted 12 Aug 2005 09:59

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Ok...

    This film is ok but i found the first half quite a struggle to get through, i thik its probably becuase im a young guy and have the expectations of modern day films. if i saw this film whewn it was first released i probably would of thought it was amazing. Overally 3 stars but a tough start.

      • A customer from North
      • Posted 02 Mar 2006 13:37

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