Alec Baldwin: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked

2. Charley Pearl - The Marrying Man

tumblr Notable for being the film that introduced Baldwin to his wife-to-be, The Marrying Man is a smug, slick for its time romp that, despite the talent behind it - along with its starry thesps, the film was directed by animation maestro Jerry Rees and written by Tony-snaffling playwright Neil Simon - fails to draw out a single laugh, yet alone a guffaw. All in all, Baldwin is the grinning face of this disaster, with him playing Charley Pearly, heir to a toothpaste fortune and vapid of any real personality. The main plot line sees him taking a road trip to Vegas with his pals, where he happens upon sexy club singer, Vicki (Basinger), and in the process of courting this fair maiden gets tied up with the mob and a fair few weddings. A beguiling mess.
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Shaun is a former contributor for a number of Future Publishing titles and more recently worked as a staffer at Imagine Publishing. He can now be found banking in the daytime and writing a variety of articles for What Culture, namely around his favourite topics of film, retro gaming, music, TV and, when he's feeling clever, literature.