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Joe Eszterhas (written by)
Release Date:
21 April 1989 (USA)
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Nine out of ten doctors say Ray is perfectly healthy. But what do they know? more
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Ray is a man obsessed with his own mortality. When Ray's best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray is...
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Black Comedy has never been more fun--wild performances
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jeff Daniels | ... | Ray Macklin |
 | Melanie Mayron | ... | Jenny Macklin |
| Michael Tucker | ... | Harry Lardner |
 | Kathleen York | ... | Diana |
 | Ann Magnuson | ... | Connie Hagen |
 | Allan Havey | ... | Pat Hagen |
| Jo Harvey Allen | ... | Barbara |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Mr. D'Amato |
| Billy Beck | ... | Father Carmody |
| Trudy Dochterman | ... | Val |
| John Durbin | ... | Spencer Gillinger |
| Adelle Lutz | ... | Dr. Helmsley |
| Felton Perry | ... | Dr. Duffin |
 | Allan Rich | ... | Dr. Haskell |
| Danton Stone | ... | Dr. Wolfe |
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96 min
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ONLY THE LONELY
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Sadly I have not been able to find a single even Luke-warm comment about this movie. I have seen hundreds maybe thousands of movies in my life and love cinema, pure and otherwise and this film is on a list of say my favorite 30 films. Come on folks, it is a black comedy. A strange one for sure but I loved it. It has a lot to say about our self absorbed, high stress life. About our fear of death. To me every moment of this is a pure treat. Visually stunning, very much character driven. All the characters are wonderful comic devices. It is a farce pure and simple. Not meant to be realistic. Some of the comedy is physical and broad, I like that. But then I like Laurel and Hardy to, so cut me some slack. Don't believe everything you read. Try it out and see what you think!