The Marrying Man

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"Hot gets you into trouble," cautions high-living 1940s-era playboy Alec Baldwin. He doesn't know the half of it. Days before his marriage to Hollywood studio heiress Elisabeth Shue, he falls madly in bed with shapely lounge singer Kim Basinger and ends up in an unlikely shotgun marriage. They divorce, they remarry, they divorce, they... you get the picture. Baldwin, all cool confidence in his sharp suits, and Basinger, who looks poured into her stylish, curve-hugging gowns, fell in love while shooting this 1991 film. Unfortunately their onscreen chemistry, apart from a couple of simmering bedroom scenes, is anything but combustible.

Neil Simon based his original screenplay on a real-life Hollywood story of l'amour fou, but even in his hands the ping-ponging romance feels contrived. Without that troublesome heat of uncontrollable passion, this amiable comic drama winds up lukewarm. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Millionaire playboy Charley Pearl has got it all. Charm, looks, style, and he's about to marry the daughter of the most powerful man in Hollywood. But a funny thing happens on his way to the altar ... he meets sultry Las Vegas lounge singer Vicki Anderson. And it's lust at first sight! Charley discovers the hard way that his attraction to Vicki is going to get him into trouble over and over again! Handsome Alec Baldwin (THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER) and sexy Kim Basinger (BATMAN) heat up the screen in one of the most sizzling and funny romances in modern courtship history! See for yourself what all the heat's about!

Customer Reviews:

A Fun, Romantic Musical Comedy........2006-08-24

This adaptation of Neil Simon's play will never be a classic film, but if you can get it cheap, I recommend it highly. There are worse romantic comedies you could waste your time on, but this one is nostalgic and genuinely glamourous fun. It's a great escape from all the current situation settings in similar films.

Charlie Pearl (Alec Baldwin), multi-millionaire, is about to marry movie honcho Lou Horner's (Robert Loggia) daughter until his friends take him to Vegas for a bachelor party, and he falls for club singer Vickie Anderson (Kim Basinger), who also happens to be Bugsy Siegel's (Armand Assante) girlfriend. It's a wild ride between a millionaire playboy and a fast nightclub singer that involves 4 marriages and 3 divorces. It won't change your world, but it certainly is fun, the costumes are excellent, and the soundtrack is among my favorites. Check it out.

"... and they never divorced ever again!".......2006-08-02

Marrying Man brings to the screen the story of a young and wealthy [...] playboy who has finally met the woman he wants to marry and settle down with.
Things get a bit complicated when six days before the wedding he goes to Las Vegas with his buddies only to stumble upon the woman of his dreams...
Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger carry out their performances very well, though the supporting cast members could have been a little better.
The setting, the plot, and the dialogues are all wonderful!
As for the rating, it should have been PG-13. Why was it rated R???
In a nutshell, it's probably not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it will surely provide for an evening's entertainment.

PLEASANTLY ENJOYABLE.......2006-03-15

I really enjoyed this flick. It was comical and an easy film to get in to. The actors and actresses played the perfect parts. I would recommend this to anyone that is in the mood for an entertaining movie.

good DVD!.......2006-03-10

The quality of this DVD is good! The only disadvantage is that there are only English and Franch caption for selection. Anyway, I am still satisfied with this product. Thank you!

The marrying couple.......2005-03-24

Before they became now-divorced husband and wife in real life,Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger are an on-and-off married couple. More times then Robert Wagner and the late Natalie Wood. Charley Pearl(Baldwin),whose family manufactures Pearl Drops tooth polish(a real product),is a romantic swinger who falls in love with a lounge singer(Basinger). Charley is actually engaged to Adele Horner(Elisabeth Shue) whose father Lew(Robert Loggia) owns a movie studio. The Charley-Adele wedding has been called off after the 400+ sent invitations. However,the wedding was called off before Charley and the singer married for the first of five times. When the union made headlines,it angered Lew and brought tears to Adele. Lew is so pissed at Charley that Lew wants to kill Charley. Adele thought and hoped Charley would come back to her but no such luck. Charley and the singer ended buying and moving into Lew's home. Hey,do you think it's possible that Baldwin and Basinger will become husband and wife four more times in real life just like in this film? Wagner's and Wood's first marriage ended in divorce. They both remarried and divorced others,once respectively,before remarrying a second time. The second marriage ended in 1981 with Wood's drowning death.

Average customer rating:

A Fun, Romantic Musical Comedy.
"... and they never divorced ever again!"
PLEASANTLY ENJOYABLE
good DVD!
The marrying couple

The Marrying Man [Region 2]
Starring: Kim Basinger , Alec Baldwin , Robert Loggia , Elisabeth Shue , and Armand Assante
Director: Jerry Rees
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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