# The Lonely Guy (1984)

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**Runtime**: 90 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Arthur Hiller
**Written by**: Ed. Weinberger, Stan Daniels
**Starring**: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence, Robyn Douglass, Merv Griffin

> *Meet Larry Hubbard …lonely guy*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Another entry in the long line of rom-coms where sadness somehow smells like roses.  
After catching his girlfriend with someone else, a greeting card poet stumbles through a parade of bad dates and worse advice.  
It mistakes despair for whimsy, but at least the protagonist never gets a stapler stuck in his head.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, playful

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