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The Lonely Guy (1984)

Rate: 7
Viewed: 4/08

4/08: The Lonely Guy is quirky, unusual, and unique.

Steve Martin is excellent and does a nice spoof of the ending scene from The Graduate. Charles Grodin isn't bad but overacts. Yet his presence makes a difference.

I like the story, and it's funny during the first hour. Then, starting with the nauseating pseudo-sex scene, it goes downhill in the next fifteen minutes. Luckily, the film pulls itself together, gets back on track, and has a nice finish.

There are some memorable scenes such as the conversation about bums with hair, the depressing "dinner-for-one" at the restaurant with a food critic skit afterwards to save face, and the dog running away, showing up at the cruise, jumping into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and finally appearing at the end.

All in all, Steve Martin is great in The Lonely Guy.

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