The Marrying Man (known as Too Hot to Handle in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Philippines[1]) is a 1991 American romantic comedy film, directed by Jerry Rees,[2] written by Neil Simon,[2] and starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.

[2] Ahead of the release of The Marrying Man, Premiere magazine published articles detailing a tumultuous production, with actors Baldwin and Basinger portrayed as unprofessional.

The film opened to poor reviews and did not break out at the box office, with Basinger's performance earning her a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actress, where she lost to Sean Young for A Kiss Before Dying.

They make a quick stop for a drink at El Rancho Vegas where Vicki Anderson, a glamorous singer, disrupts Charley's thoughts of wedded bliss.

Charley shows up and they end up in bed, only to be caught by her other lover — Bugsy Siegel, the notorious Jewish-American organized crime figure and hitman.

Vicki is happy, too, momentarily, coming home with an offer that could advance her career, only to learn that Charley's father has died and he is needed in Boston, where he is expected to run the family's business.

A blistering pair of articles appeared in Premiere magazine ahead of the film's release detailing a "production from hell"[3][4] and painting Baldwin and Basinger as petulant, spoiled and generally unprofessional.

[6] Baldwin threw violent temper tantrums during which he tossed a chair, smashed camera lenses, punched a dent in his trailer and swore at crew members, while Basinger refused to do extra takes, demanded constant delays to fix her hair and caused Neil Simon to storm off the set after she said to him one day, "This isn't funny.

[6] When the production was over, producer David Permut presented each member of the crew with a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase, "I survived the reshoot of 'The Marrying Man.

A Too Hot to Handle EP: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released, produced by Tim Hauser of Hollywood Records,[7] featuring those songs and others which appeared in the film such as "Murder, He Says", "Why Can't You Behave?"

"[11] Dave Kehr of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one star out of four and stated, "Uniting a collection of characters that seem to belong to no known universe and an array of artificial plot devices that only a desperate screenwriter (in this case, Neil Simon) could love, 'The Marrying Man' never gathers the slightest conviction or credibility.

"[14] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone described the film as "conspicuously mediocre" and suggested, "Somebody should have made a movie of the [Premiere] article, since all the fireworks were off camera.