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Only the Lonely (1991)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 5/04, 12/12

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12/12: Only the Lonely?

Do they mean Only the Imagination? Nearing his untimely death, John Candy's movies have felt lackluster, and this one is among them. It just doesn't work. Ally Sheedy isn't a likeable actress who saw her career fizzle after appearing in St. Elmo's Fire. She plays a one-dimensional character, and I can't see her being with the cop.

But it's Maureen O'Hara who kills the mood totally. It's impossible to stand her, making the time move like molasses in January and forcing me to hope that the movie would end sooner. Anthony Quinn used to take on serious roles during his heyday, but in the 90's, he's typecast as the good-looking hopeless romantic. What gives? And if I were him, I would stay very, very far away from the mother. There are better women out there.

Finally, John Candy...I like him, he does what he can do, and he has one funny moment when he said the mortician does everybody. Unfortunately, Only the Imagination is a waste of time to sit through, showing off lots of stereotypes and racism.

All in all, I wish any of the cop's overimagined events happened to his mother, and it'll be good riddance.