Hello Lonesome (2011)

69% of critics liked it
(13 reviews)
63% of users liked it
(450 ratings)

Hello Lonesome is a story about people...actually, three stories about people. Regular people. They're charming and flawed, and they're all trying their best, just like the rest of us. There's a voiceover artist who lives and works in his underwear from his self-made mountain utopia and his opera… More Hello Lonesome is a story about people...actually, three stories about people. Regular people. They're charming and flawed, and they're all trying their best, just like the rest of us. There's a voiceover artist who lives and works in his underwear from his self-made mountain utopia and his opera loving postal deliveryman. There's a sassy suburban widow in her seventies and her vaguely peculiar but quite witty next-door neighbor. There's an adorable young couple that meets online and jumps right into a hot and heavy relationship - despite some potential red flags. These three pairs have suddenly found each other, and while the couplings are anything but perfect, there is a magic in the way they come to depend on one another. Because when you're alone in the world, sometimes all it takes is one person who cares about you to make all the difference. -- (C) Bodega Studios

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.
Directed By: Adam Reid
Written By: Adam Reid
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: May 27, 2011 Limited
Studio: Bodega Studios

Critic Reviews

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
It's a bit scattered, and each of its three stories turns on a bit of a melodrama. It's not perfect. But it does work.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The seeming randomness of the assorted human interactions in "Hello Lonesome" gradually becomes illuminating and just a little bit profound.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
The parts are ultimately greater than the whole, but Adam Reid's offbeat debut suggests a talent worth watching.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Manages the considerable feat of creating six fully human characters who are quirky enough to transcend the stereotypes found in a typical indie film.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
A lazy Susan rotation between storylines and monotonous settings building into synchronized, bathetic emotional crescendos that can't top the relief at the end credits.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The promising film works but ends too abruptly without having a chance to be more impactful or profound.
Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine
Hello Lonesome isn't really that much of a movie, but it has something that a number of more polished pictures in the same vein don't: human decency. Sadly, that's noteworthy.
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze
Congrats to rookie Reid for crafting such an endlessly-amusing screenplay, for finding the right cast to execute that vision, and for the rest of just the right ingredients to serve a satisfying, cinematic stew.
Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
Marginally engrossing and witty, yet somewhat contrived and lacking in depth.
Alison Willmore, AV Club
Though it can occasionally seem like an indie-dramedy answer to The Grudge, structured to pack in the maximum moments of whimsical connection instead of supernatural kills, the film does find something deeper in its treatment of Smith and Lloyd.
Marshall Fine, Hollywood & Fine
A tiny independent film (budget: $50,000) that aims high and nearly gets there..Reid does a lot with a little - and has crafted a small beauty of a film with his first try.
Andrew Schenker, Time Out New York
They all run aground on questionable decisions, ranging from minor annoyance to insurmountable obstacle.
Mark R. Leeper, Mark Leeper's Reviews
Reid wears a lot of hats in making his first feature film and can wear them proudly to see the result.