The Lonely Guy

About The Lonely Guy

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

The Lonely Guy (1984) is a comedy romance film directed by Arthur Hiller. It runs 90 minutes and was released in January 1984.

Steve Martin takes the lead as Larry, Charles Grodin as Warren, Judith Ivey as Iris, and Steve Lawrence as Jack. Written by Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under loneliness and romcom.

Just Like Heaven, The Shining, and I Am Legend make useful companions to The Lonely Guy. It scores 6.2 out of 10 from 158 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.