The Lonely Guy (1984)
Steve Martin and Charles Grodin star as a pair of lonely, extremely depressed single men who find comfort in their mutual depression and friendship. Since I might be one of the only people in the world who has never been lonely, it’s understandable that this movie doesn’t speak to me. I’m a bachelor, but an extremely happy one, and have always felt that people that desperate for a relationship haven’t learned the vital lesson of finding happiness within one’s self instead of expecting another person to solve their problems.
There are scenes when both men consider suicide because they don’t have girlfriends, and when Steve talks to his pillow as if it were a woman, reassuring her that he’ll never leave her and he’ll love her forever, it’s supposed to move people in the audience. When my brother saw this movie, he cried, identifying with the characters’ loneliness so much. I just wasn’t moved. I think people who cry into their pillow because they don’t have a romantic partner are missing the entire point of life. Placing the responsibility of one’s happiness entirely on a romantic status is unrealistic and irresponsible. Romance isn’t perfect, and getting a girlfriend won’t fix a man’s problems, merely replace them with different problems. You can check out The Lonely Guy if you want to, just don’t expect a good recommendation from me.
More Steve Martin movies here!
There are scenes when both men consider suicide because they don’t have girlfriends, and when Steve talks to his pillow as if it were a woman, reassuring her that he’ll never leave her and he’ll love her forever, it’s supposed to move people in the audience. When my brother saw this movie, he cried, identifying with the characters’ loneliness so much. I just wasn’t moved. I think people who cry into their pillow because they don’t have a romantic partner are missing the entire point of life. Placing the responsibility of one’s happiness entirely on a romantic status is unrealistic and irresponsible. Romance isn’t perfect, and getting a girlfriend won’t fix a man’s problems, merely replace them with different problems. You can check out The Lonely Guy if you want to, just don’t expect a good recommendation from me.
More Steve Martin movies here!