Alec Baldwin, Armand Assante, Big John Studd

"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 ...( read more  read more... )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

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R, 116 min.

Directed by: Jerry Rees

Release Date: April 5, 1991

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DVD Release Date: April 8, 2003

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  • October 17, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • June 15, 2008
    My wife keeps introducing me to these movies that I shouldn't like but, for some reason, I do end up liking them
  • June 8, 2008
    Not at all interested
  • November 10, 2007
    No, not my kind of film. Absolutely not...
  • October 1, 2007
    Not one of Alec Baldwin's finest.
  • August 31, 2007
    WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN
  • August 17, 2007
    I saw this....Think it sucked.
  • July 17, 2007
    I guess this was supposed to be a comedy. When I saw it in the theatre when it came out I kept waiting for the punchlines. Really all it is is Alec Baldwin basically saying that he hates Kim Basinger's guts, which is what he does now anyway.
  • July 16, 2007
    What a load of crap. I've never had a high opinion of Alec Baldwin and this movie just proves my point. It was so awful I couldn't even finish watching it.

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  • Bannoona
    January 19, 2007
    I think this movie is one of my favourites.
    He is madly in love with her & yet divorces & marries her 5 times .They are both so cute & they have great chemistry together.Great movie !! definetly worth watching.

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