Only the Lonely | 
| Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: John Candy, Maureen O'hara, Ally Sheedy, Kevin Dunn, Milo O'shea
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
Buy New: $29.95
New (14) Used (6) Collectible (1) from $18.81
Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 34404
Format: Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D12978D
UPC: 013131297898
EAN: 0013131297898
ASIN: B0007WFXT4
Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 1991
Release Date: June 14, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Danny, a cop, meets and falls in love with Theresa. They get engaged, despite sneaking around behind his mother's back, but when push comes to shove, he can't quite quit worrying about his mother long enough to be any kind of lover to Theresa.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 A Hilarious Tale of Adult-Child/Parent Co-Dependency May 24, 2009
Jan Peczkis (Chicago IL, USA)
Danny Muldoon, a 38 year-old Chicago policeman, still lives with his widowed mother. An unhealthy codependency exists between them. She still does his laundry and makes his meals. She makes intrusive comments and directives about his relationships with women, even openly demeaning his new girlfriend Teresa. For his part, he is extremely protective of his mother. Even when on dates, he has visions of disaster overtaking his mother, and feels compelled to interrupt the date, and make a phone call home to see if his mother is all right. This does not exactly help his growing relationship with Teresa.
This rocky comedy has numerous hilarious scenes. There is the lowering of a corpse out the window, using a fire hose to do so. In another scene, Danny Muldoon uses a snorkel to be lifted up to the window of his girlfriend Teresa. At still another time, Danny uses his police siren to fake an emergency to reach his departing, estranged Teresa.
Will Danny ever fully outgrow his relationship with his mother, and become fully available to Teresa? Will she recognize any such outgrowing and give him another chance?
 Candy Shows His Human Side March 31, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
Roles like this helped make big John Candy somewhat of a beloved figure in his time. He was good at playing big, lovable oafs that usually messed up but had a good heart.
Many times, as in here, he might appear jovial on the outside but inside he was a very lonely guy, hence the title. I'll bet a number of viewers could identify with him. In this film he plays "Danny Muldoon."
Ally Sheedy's character, "Theresa Luna," is sweet in the beginning but then becomes unfairly-demanding and annoying by the end. Maureen O'Hara did a fine job playing "Danny's" domineering mother, "Rose." She came out of retirement to do this film and did herself proud. Anthony Quinn's role, meanwhile, was stupid.
This movie is billed as a comedy but I didn't find a lot of laughs in it. It's really more of a sentimental drama, and it works on that level. I always enjoy seeing comedians do drama, because they are so good at doing it. I'm sorry Candy didn't make a few more dramatic roles.
one of the best john candy films ever made October 16, 2008
Brian Dudley (TENNESSEE)
a great film if i were u i would buy a copy friendly and easy purchase
John Candy at his best! October 4, 2008
Lynda G. Dunaway
I am glad to have this video in my personal library. John Candy has always been one of my favorite comedians, and I will enjoy watching he and Maureen O'Hara depict a very believable mother/son relationship.
"oh danny, I hope your fantsy smansy review was worth it" October 3, 2008
Leslie (USA)
Where do I start with this movie?
Its John Candy need I really say more? My gigantic movie collection would never be complete without his movies.
This is one of my many favorites of his movies, to top it off we have Mareen O'Hara with all her spunk and class.
The movie is a cute classic comedy, one of chris colombus's films I believe, I love his films like dennis the mennis and such. Did he do Home Alone? I'll have to check but I believe so, anyways Id say it wouldn't hurt to get this one, try it, if you dont like it then aliens do exist. ^^
It has all of what I like in good movies.
It has comedy, it has romance, it has some action, it has guilt, allot of guilt, it has paranoia, it has phyco mothers, it has a guy with a very active imagination and can think of all the most worst possible things that could happen to his "sweet" mother.
I loved it.
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