Hilarious premise with Anne Bancroft making a came deathbed appearance warning Nicolas Cage, her son, not to marry. This sets off in motion a great comedy with Cage perplexed about what to do with the promise he made, when he meets Betsy, Sarah Jessica Parker.When the two decide to wed, they fly to Las Vegas where Cage loses his shirt in a card game with gambler James Caan. Caan is reminded of his late wife when he sees Parker and he tells Cage that he can forget the amount owed if he is allowed to spend the weekend with Parker.It's hilarious when Parker falls for Caan, swept up by his home in Kauai. The dejected Cage flies all over to prevent those two from tying the knot.The picture does lose some luster when Pat Morita enters the fray to get Cage away from the two.Love does conquer all when Cage shows in a very daring way how much he loves Parker. Absolute super fun.

Neither Nicolas Cage or James Caan are comedians, and it shows. Nicolas does his best, but he sort of comes off as the guy who buys the Las Vegas Timeshare. A real sucker! Caan does his best comic gangster and comes off as a kind of Jekyll and Hyde persona both charming and dangerous. Nice supporting cast of Sarah Jessica-Parker and others including Pat Morita, who has a very small part. Look for "Bruno Mars" as Bruno Hernandez, a pint-sized "Elvis", and he's good! The plot: The poker game is rigged so Caan can steal Nick's girl. Nick now owes $65,000 which he cannot pay. Caan will cancel this huge debt for a weekend with Sarah, who looks incredible. Enjoyable mostly for the old scenery of the Vegas Strip. quite different in 1992. Bally's inside looks exactly the same. (Many shameless plugs for the casino, just like in "Vegas Vacation".) Harrah's had their old "Showboat" theme in 1992. Also note "The Dunes" Casino and other old "Strip" properties. Caan takes Sarah to Hawaii to his beautiful estate there, of course. (Filmed on location.) The plot is dragged-down by Caan's constant references to his first wife (Sarah is a "dead ringer") who died of skin cancer at age 46, from obsessive sunbathing. The Flying Elvis are amazing and totally save the film, as Nick sky dives in "to save the day". The ending is "pure Elvis" with a "Little Chapel" Elvis wedding!

On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend.They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.Suddenly the man is insanely jealous, and pursues his fiancée and her rich companion, but finds pitfalls in his path as the gambler tries to delay his interference...it's hard to believe that a year after this movie came out. Adrian Lyne gave the story a little spin, made it into a drama and had a major hit with Indecent proposal. This features a maniacal Cage, who isn't dissimilar to Chandler in friends with his body language, and gives the film a much needed injection of life into the sometimes lethargic movie.It's nowhere near as funny as when i saw the movie nearly seventeen years ago, but it still has it's moments. Caan can do this role walking in his sleep, and i feel that he only really did this for the money. Parker does best with the little material she is given, and while the film isn't really laugh out loud funny, it still has the odd moments, such a the character who is convinced his wife is having an affair with Mike Tyson.it's not really going to be remembered in Cages resume, apart from the fact it was one of his three 'sunshine movies', and the ending is predictable.But it's still a lot of fun to watch Cage and his amazing eyebrows

The only reason I knew about this film was when bits were shown on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, as part of the leading actor's good career, and his love of Elvis Presley (he was number 33 by the way), and from director Andrew Bergman (Striptease) this is quite a good film. Basically on her deathbed, mother of Jack Singer (Golden Globe nominated Nicolas Cage) made him promise never to get married, and he still has scars causing problems for his commitment to his girlfriend Betsy Nolan (Sarah Jessica Parker). He finally gives in to his love for her, and they travel to Las Vegas to tie the knot, but wealthy gambler Tommy Korman (James Caan) has plans to stop them, mainly because Donna looks exactly like a past love of his, Donna (yes, she plays her too). Tommy arranges for Jack to lose $65K in a poker game, which was customary by the hotel apparently, and he offers to clear the debt for a weekend with Donna. After a little while, Jack can't stand the idea of Tommy getting his hands on her, Tommy by the way is slowly convincing her to love and marry him over Jack, so Jack decides to go after his fiancée to go with the marriage he originally feared. In the end, Donna sees Tommy is a bad guy, Jack parachutes out of plane filled with Elvis impressionists, and she is so enthralled by his bravery that she agrees to the wedding, a happy ending. Also starring Pat Morita as Mahi Mahi, Johnny Williams as Johnny Sandwich, John Capodice as Sally Molars, Robert Costanzo as Sidney Tomashefsky, Anne Bancroft as Bea Singer, Peter Boyle as Chief Orman, Burton Gilliam as Roy Bacon - Elvis Impersonator, Brent Hinkley as Vern, Dean Hallo as Lyle, Seymour Cassel as Tony Cataracts, Jerry Tarkanian as Sid Feder and Keone Young as Eddie Wong. It was nominated the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical. Nicolas Cage was number 33 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars. Very good!