Rating: R
Genre:
Romance
Theatrical Release: 04/05/1991(USA)
Release Date: 04/08/2003
Dubbed: French/English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 118 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Neil Simon forgoes his typical urban East Coast kvetchers and replaces them with sunny Californian kvetchers in
The Marrying Man, a film which became a beacon of gossip in 1991 due to the alleged shenanigans of stars
Alec Baldwin and
Elisabeth Shue), the daughter of dyspeptic movie studio executive Lew Horner (
Robert Loggia). The day before their wedding, Charley heads off to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, and in a sleazy casino on the outskirts of town, he sets his eyes on sexy singer Vicki Anderson (Basinger) and falls for her hard. He wants her immediately and even though she warns him she's the property of Bugsy Siegel (
Armand Assante), he crawls into her bedroom window to be with her. Caught with his pants down by Siegel, Bugsy, instead of killing him, forces him to marry Vicki ("I was about to dump her anyway," he says). But after their marriage, Charley and Vicki discover they're more attracted to the danger of their relationship than in each other. Charley's friends -- Phil (
Paul Reiser), Sammy (
Fisher Stevens), Tony (
Peter Dobson), and George (
Steve Hytner) -- form a Greek chorus commenting on the crazed love affair and are reportedly inspired by
Phil Silvers,
Sammy Cahn,
Tony Martin, and
Leo Durocher.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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