Steve Martin,
Charles Grodin,
Judith Ivey,
Steve Lawrence,
Robyn Douglass
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In a comedy as flat as the cardboard cut-outs of movie stars that appear in one scene, Steve Martin plays Larry Hubbard, a wild and lonely guy who has been dumped by his girlfriend. Since misery loves... read more
DVD Release Date: December 15, 1998
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Flixster Reviews (212)
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January 17, 2011If you're sad and lonely, watch this great comedy, you'll still be lonely but at least you wont be sad about it anymore!
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March 16, 2007Mildly amusing sitcom in which Steve Martin discovers that being a pathetic loser has it's upside. The script was by Neil Simon, which explains it's "Woody Allen lite" feeling. Inoffensive, but rarely hilarious.
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January 23, 2011The title of this movie pretty much says it all. This is a movie about a lonely guy who is searching for some love. He's tormented by his own loneliness and this movie follows him in his search for a woman to fall in love with. A classic Steve Martin movie, very good.
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December 28, 2009One of the weakest of Martin's 80s movies. Quite dated, but still worth a watch if you're a hardcore fan.
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April 13, 2010So very funny, great universality, and good acting. I really enjoyed this movie, and would recommend it to lonely people everywhere!
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October 3, 2009I liked the music to start with. Steve Martin was sharp even back then! And who doesn't understand feeling lonely? It does tend to drag along in a couple places, but otherwise rolls on in a fnny way. You will LOVE his police escort! To top it off the ending is adorable!
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February 7, 2008Next to "Pennies From Heaven", my favorite Steve Martin flick. One of those comedies that seems to have slipped under the radar, but it's really damn funny, full of the same absurd humor of "The Jerk", "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", and "The Man with Two Brains". Charles Grodin i... read more
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April 6, 2006I didn't like this movie. It was pretty stupid and didn't have hardly any comedy. I just didn't like it and Steve Martin gets on my nerves
Critic Reviews
October 3, 2007
Variety Staff, Variety
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The kind of movie that seems to have been made to play in empty theaters on overcast January afternoons. Full Review
August 30, 2004
Janet Maslin, New York Times
It tries a little bit of everything, and winds up with an air of messy desperation. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Arthur Hiller's direction exudes a flavorless professionalism, a quality that doesn't count for much in this context. Full Review
October 3, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide
A mindless comedy that's about as funny as a life sentence in solitary confinement. Full Review
August 19, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
An inventive comic meditation on being single. Full Review
March 22, 2004
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Alternando o besteirol e a comédia de situações, o filme é consistentemente engraçado e surpreendentemente sensível. Um dos melhores da carreira de Steve Martin.
November 3, 2002
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Martin and pathos just don't mix.
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