Lonely Hearts (1982)
Moderate themes, sexual references coarse language
| Director: | Paul Cox |
| Actors: | Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye |
The New York Times called director Paul Cox “a bright new film-making talent” for his enchanting story – co-written with John Clarke (The Games) - of unsung hero Peter, a piano tuner, loner and kleptomaniac whose toupee only fools the man underneath. Peter desperately visits a dating service and meets Patricia (Wendy Hughes, in an unforgettable performance), a painfully shy woman who has just moved into her own apartment. From their excruciating first date at a geriatric bingo game to an intimate evening that ends in tears, these lonely hearts soon stumble into love
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 106mins |
| Origin: | AUSTRALIA |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
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Member Reviews (4)
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Reviews
Pandora
says
Too slow for me. Painfully cringe-laden story about two social misfits with lots of hangups, agonisingly well portrayed by John Clarke and Wendy Hughes. Despite the believable performances, I had to stop watching it halfway through. I guess you'd have to be a Paul Cox aficionado to watch this one.
Gerd
says
Very slow, yet so believable, for this story to get anywhere near a normal courtship. Events conspire to finally get a real relationship going, and that's a relief to the viewer. A good Australian movie, taking us back in time to Melbourne in the 1980s. Interesting to see things like groceries being packed into paper bags at "Coles New World". The "Making of" feature is overly long, but is fascinating from the perspective of 25 years later, with Phillip Adams, John Clarke, director Paul Cox (annoyingly puffing a cigar the whole time) and a very different looking and sounding Wendy Hughes reflecting on their experiences with the movie.
Allan K.
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Don
says
A very unpretentious but highly entertaining film. Set in Melbourne in the 1960's, Peter and Patricia both get parts in an amateur production of a Strindberg Play, the director of which is a very overbearing man who has to deal with a handful of not-very-talented would-be actors. The filming of Lonely Hearts is only so-so, the story line is far from original, but the two lead actors manage to pull it off nonetheless. They make their characters believable, and turn a run-of-the-mill film into a pleasure to watch.