The Marrying Man (1991)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Jerry Rees

Writer (WGA):

Neil Simon (written by)

Release Date:

5 April 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Romance

Tagline:

Every man has a weakness. For millionaire Charley Pearl she's blonde, beautiful and loves to say "YES"

Plot:

Rich playboy Charley Pearl meets Vicki Anderson, singer at a nightclub. But she's a gangster's-moll...

Plot Keywords:

Playboy | Nightclub | Beautiful Woman | Extramarital Affair | Reunion

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Vicki Anderson
Alec Baldwin	...	Charley Pearl
Robert Loggia	...	Lew Horner
Elisabeth Shue	...	Adele Horner
Armand Assante	...	Bugsy Siegel
Paul Reiser	...	Phil Golden
Fisher Stevens	...	Sammy
Peter Dobson	...	Tony
Steve Hytner	...	George
Jeremy Roberts	...	Gus
Big John Studd	...	Dante
Tony Longo	...	Sam
Tom Milanovich	...	Andy
Tim Hauser	...	Woody
Carey Eidel	...	Cab Driver

Also Known As:

Too Hot to Handle (Australia)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:18 | Finland:K-8 | Germany:12 (w) | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

Stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger fell in love and married shortly after working on this project.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the film, in the scene with the taxi cab, on close-ups the car has checkered stripe and on general view there is no checkered stripe.

Quotes:

Phil: You know what the odds are on that? Impossible to one.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ben Affleck/N.E.R.D. (#29.15)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

HONEYSUCKLE ROSE

Chemistry!

This is the movie where Alec Balwin and Kim Baisinger fall in love, FOR REAL! Their chemistry is potent and obvious... and they were married shortly after!

Yes, it's very funny in places, a tribute to human emotional insanity under the influence of love... and OH so true.

Largely, to my mind, because of the REAL emotions between the main characters (they WEREN'T acting) it was fantastic. Alec is the quintessential male victim of love - totally illogical and totally devoted to the female who's totally seduced him. And she comes to believe a man willing to die for her is better than the meal ticket she's got in the mob guy... to everyone's detriment.

Watch it again, people, appreciating it's relation to actual history...