The Lonely Guy

This is a great movie that has a lot of laughs, heart and romance. A lot of guys can also relate to it. Steve Martin plays a man who is oblivious to a lot of things that revolve around him, including... Full review

This film is an underrated masterpiece for all concerned! Steve Martin is Larry Hubbard: Lonely Guy. Larry has no girlfriend, no friends and nowhere to stay until he meets 'uber-lonely guy' Warren Evans (Charles Grodin). Warren instructs Larry on how to... Full review

This style of movie from Steve Martin is surely not everyone's taste, as the overall rating on IMDb isn't particularly high and this movie has been pretty much forgotten by most people. However, I have always liked this film and... Full review

I had never seen this movie, saw it for the first time recently (2007). Yes I agree with the previous poster that it is dated (Dr Joyce Brothers etc). But you can apreciate the Neil Simon writing underneath. Steve Martin was... Full review

WE just saw this for the first time in 15+ years. We didn't realize how dated it became in certain ways, however it was still good for several good laughs. Certainly not an academy award winner, however a great performance by... Full review

Here's a true story. It started when I bought this movie, which I had never seen, from the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. I took it home, and thought it was one of the best movies I'd ever seen, which really... Full review

Other people here have commented on the unevenness of this movie. What an understatement. I found the first half of the movie funny, poignant, delightful. Then, all of a sudden, the movie becomes an unfunny, painful bore. It's amazing. The... Full review

I'd call this a small masterpiece.I usually watch just ten minutes of a movie, find it boring, then discard it. Or, I fast forward through great big sections of a film and get satisfaction from the leftover bits and pieces.... Full review

Honestly, this is one of Martin's best. An odd combination of "LA Story " and "The Jerk," the mix lends to a melancholy sweetness seldom captured on film. The Martin/Grodin team works here as well as any Hope/Martin "Road" movie,... Full review

The Lonely Guy is a cute comedy; not inspired, but mildly funny in bits. The problem is the script that Martin is required to play too straight a character as the "nice lonely guy". He does a good job, but... Full review

THE LONELY GUY is a dreary slog through morose situations, made all the worse by Martin's deadpan delivery, his slightly off-balance sense of timing, and his ability to make you cringe with his self-debasing smarminess. In a movie crawling with bad scenes, the worst is probably the bedroom scene with Iris ( Judith Ivey ), the above-mentioned only girl in New York who will talk to him. ... Full Review

although the film ultimately did poorly at the box office anyway The Lonely Guy won't be regarded as the best Steve Martin film by a long shot, but some of the bits are definitely funny enough to make this a worthwhile viewing for those looking for a few good yuks and a pleasant ninety minutes of silliness. ... Full Review

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A greetings cards writer finds himself in a world of hurt after discovering his girl in bed with another man. Comedy starring Steve Martin People have long pondered the exact moment when Steve Martin stopped being funny. ... Full Article

A mindless comedy that's about as funny as a life sentence in solitary confinement, THE LONELY GUY stars perennial-buffoon Martin as a New York greeting-card writer who comes home from work one day to find his nymphomaniac girlfriend (Douglass) in... ... Full Article