Charles Grodin and Steve Martin’s conversations outdo all the silly gags, but The Lonely Guy’s sad sack subject matter turns out to be a great mine for comedy. Guys who fetishize their own sadness are, honestly, pretty silly and so can their views on dating, but instead of being a proto-500 Days of Summer, Lonely Guy pushes it to wacky comedic extremes. Feels more akin to a cartoony Bob Hope comedy than an actual treatise on dating and loneliness.
Some god-tier Grodin stuff here, but what else would you expect?
Charles Grodin and Steve Martin’s conversations outdo all the silly gags, but The Lonely Guy’s sad sack subject matter turns out to be a great mine for comedy. Guys who fetishize their own sadness are, honestly, pretty silly and so can their views on dating, but instead of being a proto-500 Days of Summer, Lonely Guy pushes it to wacky comedic extremes. Feels more akin to a cartoony Bob Hope comedy than an actual treatise on dating and loneliness.
Some god-tier Grodin stuff here, but what else would you expect?
