Movie Type: Erotic Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
Themes: Cons and Scams
Main Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Roberts, Joanna Cassidy, Herta Ware
Release Year: 1991
Country: US
Run Time: 109 minutes
Plot
Lonely Hearts is a modern film noir in which a lonely woman meets and falls for a man whom she refuses to let go. Alma (Beverly D'Angelo) is a wallflower who lives with her mother and works at a Social Security office. In her desperation to make some sort of social life for herself, she answers a personal ad and meets Frank (Eric Roberts) with whom she falls in love. Frank turns out to be a con man and a swindler, but Alma is obsessed with him. She begins to help him by posing as his sister while he cons other women, until she and Frank are forced to flee when one of the victims hires a private detective. Beverly D'Angelo plays Alma with the perfect mixture of both predator and victim and director Andrew Lane understands and directs his actors well, making Lonely Hearts a very well-thought-out and executed thriller despite a somewhat languid pacing. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
Carlos Barbosa - Art Director, Gregory Small - Associate Producer, Libbie Aroff-Lane - Costume Designer, Peggy Schnitzer - Costume Designer, Andrew Lane - Director, Julian Semilian - Editor, Richard N. Gladstein - Executive Producer, Joel Levine - Executive Producer, David McHugh - Composer (Music Score), Pamela Woodbridge - Production Designer, Paul Ryan - Cinematographer, Robert Kenner - Producer, Andrew Lane - Producer, Marty Huyette - Set Designer, R.E. Daniels - Screen Story, R.E. Daniels - Screenwriter, Andrew Lane - Screenwriter
