Only the Lonely (1991) on Netflix
Danny Muldoon, 38, is a Chicago police officer who shares a home with his controlling mother, Rose. He falls for Theresa Luna, who works at a funeral home, and Rose objects.
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Plot summary
Danny Muldoon is a Chicago police officer in his late thirties who shares a house with Rose, his mother, and has looked after the family since his father died. His brother Patrick, married and raising children, pushes Danny to stay single and to move to Florida with Rose. Their neighbor Nick Acropolis keeps trying to win Rose's attention. One night two men haul a corpse into a bar where Danny is having a drink, and the scene brings him together with Theresa Luna, the shy daughter of a funeral director. Danny starts courting her, and the outings give her more confidence. Guilt over leaving Rose alone, and Rose's interference, put pressure on the two of them.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Only the Lonely (1991)
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- The producers stuck Maureen O'Hara in a tiny trailer and told John Candy, when he complained on her behalf, that the budget was for the picture and not for accommodations for old movie stars; Candy gave O'Hara his own trailer and went without one until the studio got a trailer for each actor.
- Chris Columbus wrote the part of Rose specifically for Maureen O'Hara, not knowing she had retired from acting and was living in the Virgin Islands; he had her younger brother Charles B. Fitzsimons send her a copy of the script, she read it and loved it, but she would not commit until she met co-star John Candy.
- At the request of producer John Hughes, a Chicagoan and big fan of the Chicago White Sox, and of sports fan John Candy, the first-date baseball scene was set at old Comiskey Park; Hughes arranged the filming hastily, as the stadium was slated to be torn down imminently.
- Only the Lonely became Maureen O'Hara's final theatrical film role; Columbus had written the role of Rose specifically for her, and she agreed to return from retirement only after meeting Candy.
- The final scene with Danny and Theresa was shot at the Amtrak station in Niles, Michigan, which was renamed Willoughby and decorated with Christmas lights for the filming.
