Only the Lonely is a 1991 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Columbus. It starred John Candy, Ally Sheedy, Maureen O’Hara and Anthony Quinn. The plot is similar to the earlier award-winning film Marty.
Danny Muldoon (John Candy) is a 38-year-old Chicago Police Department policeman who lives with his overbearing Irish mother, Rose Muldoon (Maureen O'Hara) in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. A lonely bachelor, Danny falls in love with Theresa Luna (Ally Sheedy), a shy, lonely girl who works in her father's funeral home. Their courtship eventually becomes very difficult because Rose begins to feel threatened that Theresa is trying to steal her son away; the fact that Theresa is not Irish (she is Sicilian and Polish) only exacerbates the situation. Danny's brother Patrick (Kevin Dunn) tries to convince Danny to remain unmarried so Danny can take care of Rose; Salvatore "Sal" Buonarte (James Belushi), one of Danny's married friends and fellow policeman, tries to tell Danny that he can do better and not to settle down just yet, as he did. Also, because Danny is so under Rose's control, he often becomes worried and guilty about her, interrupting
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