An amiable, if instantly forgettable, comedy, saved from oblivion by Nicolas Cage in medium-wacky mode.
Cage plays Jack Singer, a New York private detective haunted by his late mother's deathbed plea that he never marry. When, after years of procrastination, he finally pops the question to his schoolteacher girlfriend Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker), she can't believe he's serious. "I must be serious,"
he replies, as his immobile car halts an angry line of traffic--"My legs are paralyzed."
Jack comes up against more than commitment angst when the couple fly to Vegas to tie the knot. He takes time out for a few rounds of poker before the ceremony and ends up los...
Released:
1992
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
95 mins